Harper’s senior editor and author Bill Wasik came by the studio yesterday to talk about the great liberties of the Internet, nano-narratives, short attention spans and flash mobbing a gigantic […]

The much-heralded speech to the Muslim world is upon us. But just what will Obama say to the throng in Cairo tomorrow? Three writers share their guesses. Reza Aslan knows […]

In all this neo-brain science talk, perhaps we are blurring the distinction between the mind and that big wrinkled organ between our ears. Missing the difference–between intellect, consciousness and the […]

Harper’s senior editor Bill Wasik comes to Big Think tomorrow to discuss viral narratives, social media and his new book, And Then There’s This. In addition to a career in […]

Introducing quality assurance into the American health care system is one of the topmost priorities of the administration’s reform plan. To explain just what quality would look like, Big Think […]

Few developed world economies were hit as hard in the economic crisis as wee Iceland’s. But could adopting the euro ward off future blows to the country’s financial system? Gallup […]

Weill Cornell Medical College researcher Oliver Fein said yesterday that the Obama administration is not likely to pursue a single-payer insurance model. Hoping to avoid rancorous bipartisanship and defering to […]