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We've been looking for consciousness in all the wrong places.
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Bryan Sykes is the author of DNA USA, which documents his journey across America, Easy Rider style, as he describes it, to record a genetic portrait of the nation.
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We’re understanding that for the first time that diseases and the names we give things may not be that important anymore, that symptoms are emerging from this complex adaptive system […]
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"Technology-loving comedian from the future" Baratunde Thurston says that in an economy of information abundance, you don't have to feel obligated to pay attention to it all.
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What conditions are scientists looking for in their search for life on another planet? The presence of water is key, says Bill Nye.
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Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet, says that the term "information overload" is misleading. We should talk instead, he suggests, about "information obesity," and take responsibility as consumers for […]
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Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet, says you can’t rely on "the media" or the internet to control your information consumption. Here he suggests a few pieces of software […]
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James Lawrence Powell says he is speaking out about the threats of global warming because "I want my grandchildren to be able to say, 'What did Grandpa do?' Well, he […]
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Mark Hyman says that self-care is the key to being a healthy human today. In fact, he says, eighty percent of health conditions can be solved without a physician. The […]
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Is technology humanizing? For Peter Diamandis the answer is a resounding yes. "We’re living as emperors and kings would have lived 100 years ago and we take it for granted," […]
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Van Jones told The New York Times that Glenn Beck pushed him out of a job and his advocacy organization pushed Beck out of one. "Now we’re both irrelevant!" he […]
Jonah Lehrer speaks with Big Think's Jason Gots about creativity and education.
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Jim Quigley, former CEO and now Senior Partner of Deloitte, has had the daunting task of trying to get 180,000 people on the same page. Central to that task, he […]
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Neuroscientist Susan Barry describes the first time she saw in three dimensions.
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Jonathon Keats is an open-source experimental philosopher who has created pornography for God and sold real estate in alternate dimensions of space-time. He joined us to discuss his work and […]
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Jason Silva is optimistic about the future. His "shots of philosophical espresso" – short, inspiring films on the evolution of humankind and technology – aim to "engineer inspiration." Here, he […]
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Modern Renaissance man Nathan Mhyrvold gives insight into his unique adaptability.
