The Latest from Big Think

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The Haiti historian explains why real recovery from the disaster must begin at the grassroots level and addresses the controversial question of whether France should provide “reparations.”
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From the 18th-century slave revolution to 2010’s horrific earthquake, Haiti has experienced endless volatility. How is its historical legacy worsening the current crisis?
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A conversation with the Professor of French Studies and History at Duke University.
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Despite the country’s recent troubles, Newt Gingrich thinks that America’s role as “the leading symbol of how humans can work together” isn’t going anywhere.
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“The single most important slogan of the next quarter century is 2+2=4.” As Newt Gingrich explains, the continued failure to acknowledge life’s bare truths is building a system that is […]
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The growing link between Wall Street and Washington and the shameless flaunting of taxpayer money by big banks are creating an America so corrupt it can’t even figure out vegetable […]
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Newt Gingrich explains his ideal model of healthcare, where an increased accessibility to insurance doesn’t come at the hands of a “bureaucratically imposed system.”
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A conversation with the former Speaker of the House.
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Newt Gingrich explains why a Republican strategy that brands itself as the “alternative” and not the “opposition” will be the key to taking both the house in 2010 and the […]
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Mobile phones and their content are rapidly evolving. What does the future of this technology hold?
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Our electronic devices will continue to converge and interact, but if we never see a single überproduct, it’s because we don’t really want one.
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Where consumer electronics giant Samsung sees its most robust growth, within its product line and around the world.
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Companies that understand how consumers feel about technology, says Samsung’s David Steel, will dominate the electronics industry in the coming years.
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A conversation with the Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Samsung in North America.
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The Samsung executive recounts his own rise in the business world, and advises young people preparing to enter today’s daunting economy.
Duke University Professor Randy Jirtle gives a definition of the emerging science of epigenetics.
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Will search engines and social media kill the “gatekeepers” that stand between individuals and mass audiences?
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A guide to the new media landscape for those at the top, and the bottom, of the heap.
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Which “old-media” leaders and companies are innovating most successfully? What is it that they’re doing right? Google News’s Josh Cohen weighs in.
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From the carefully developed Google Wave to improvised adjustments to the Twitter phenomenon, Josh Cohen reveals what’s next for the search giant.