The Latest from Big Think

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The Harvard Business School professor on how to break down barriers to innovation.
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The personal computer is an example of a disruptive innovation that allowed a whole new population of people to use it. Eventually it was improved to the point that the […]
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Robert Cialdini discusses the excitement of finding new explanations through research.
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Robert Cialdini discusses influence in politics and across cultures, and how technology has changed the field.
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The psychologist of persuasion Robert Cialini on winning friends and influencing people.
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Robert Cialdini talks about going undercover and his books "Influence" and "Yes".
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Robert Cialdini talks about Social Psychology and what has influenced his work.
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When trying to make foreign policy read like a thriller, Bergman says jogging offers the best way to clear his head.
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While Americans may think of Mossad as the world’s most elite fighting force, Bergman reminds us that, "These people work 9 to 5."
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Overcoming censorship required Bergman to compromise, take court action and sometimes give up.
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Despite its checkered past (and present), Secretary of State Rice has rekindled American relations with Libya.
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His denials were false: the details of the scandal were contained in "The Hungarian Octagon," a secret file that Bush Sr. received before taking office.
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Israel has a freer media than its neighbors, and 80% of citizens read the newspaper, yet Bergman says that true freedom of the press is not yet a government priority.
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Americans are less likely to support military intervention; Israelis wonder how this affects relations with Iran.
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The U.S. sees Israel as its eyes and ears in the region. Israel understands American politics only as, "What is good for us?"
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If he were alive today, the instigator of the revolution might not recognize the Islamic Republic.
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The Mossad jokes that Ahmedinajad is the best mole they have ever had.
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Ronen Bergman on the status of Iran’s nuclear weapons program.