Daniel Honan

Daniel Honan

Former Managing Editor, Big Think

From 2011-2014, Daniel Honan was the Managing Editor at Big Think. Prior to Big Think, Daniel was Vice President of Production for Plum TV, a niche cable network he helped launch in 2002. The production team he oversaw won over two dozen Emmy awards. Daniel has created numerous shows and documentaries for television, and his film credits include Stealing the Fire, a documentary on the black market for nuclear weapons technology.

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Francis Fukuyama argues that China's repressive state apparatus is far more sophisticated than the regimes in the Middle East that have fallen during the so-called Arab Spring. 
Francis Fukuyama tells Big Think about the pressures that one must overcome in rethinking positions--in his case, his views on the Iraq War--and how he overcame those pressures. 
The fabled planetary alignment predicted to occur in 2012 is actually happening right now. Is this a sign of the Apocalypse, or just eye candy for stargazers?
Our government will never pass the burden of proof test concerning the death of Osama bin Laden if there is a general failure to comprehend the nature of evidence. 
Larry Flynt is a pioneer of pornography, who has seen it all, and he speaks to Big Think (See the exclusive video) about the nature of truth and the burden of proof in our society today. 
Since Dennis Tito became the first space tourist at the beginning of the last decade, the commercial space industry has taken a great leap forward.
Near-Earth Asteroids are a threat to our planet, but they also represent an opportunity to generate enormous wealth, and may drive the commercial space race.