Dr. Julie Holland's new book addresses common societal myths society about women, mood, and emotional control. "Moods are not an annoyance to be stuffed away," says Holland. They're "one of the biggest strengths and assets that women have."

Money doesn't make the world go round; it's just a stand-in for value, and an arbitrary one at that.

Professor Michio Kaku delivers a glimpse of where science will take us in the next hundred years, as warp drives, teleportation, and time travel converge with our scientific understanding.

Warning: You might not want to watch this at the dinner table (it gets political), but in the name of having great discussion over important issues, we hope you will!

"You get more joy out of the giving to others, and should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give."

"All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak — and speak in such a way that people will remember it."

We're thrilled to be bringing The Floating University to Big Think. Here's number two on our list, featuring Harvard linguist Steven Pinker.

We're thrilled to be bringing The Floating University to Big Think: It's some of the most vital, timely, and mind-changing video content anywhere on the Web.

Philosopher Slavoj Žižek points out several hypocrisies of political correctness while addressing how contemporary totalitarians construct social boundaries to control the population.

Erica Jong, author of the landmark 1973 novel Fear of Flying, describes advice as "what we ask for when we already know the answer, but wish we didn't."

"Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it."

Words of wisdom from Vin Scully, who has been announcing baseball games for 66 years: "Good is not good when better is expected."

Words of wisdom from one of the 20th century's most fascinating polymaths: "The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than the eye ... The hand is the cutting edge of the mind."

Biologist Edward O. Wilson explains how humans came to dominate all other large animals by adopting eusocial behaviors most often associated with insects.

Words of wisdom from Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet, author of Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

Words of wisdom from Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues: "In order to achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die."

"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done."

Words of wisdom from Marie Curie: "One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done."

"It's always better to leave the party early," said Bill Watterson, author of the beloved comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes." Watterson famously chose to end "Calvin and Hobbes" in 1995 after only 10 years of syndication.

"There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words."