Kevin Dickinson

Kevin Dickinson

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Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and writing, and his articles have appeared in Agenda, RealClearScience, and the Washington Post. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter @KevinRDickinson.

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Today, the F-word is enjoying a renaissance the likes of which it hasn’t seen since, well, the Renaissance.
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It’s not just fun: DNA origami has the potential to revolutionize engineering at the nanoscopic scale.
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These nematodes complicate how we understand evolutionary lineages.
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The modern attention economy hijacks our ability to focus, but an ancient technique offers a means to get it back.
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Stories of child prodigies and the naturally gifted hide the fact that success is built on more than talent alone.
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A unique combination of DNA and silica is the strongest known material for its density (but you’ll need a lot of it before you can build a suit from it).
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In our competitive world, fortune does not appear to favor the humble — but a strong counter-narrative is emerging.
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Survivorship bias occurs when we fail to consider how data was collected. To combat this, search for the "silent evidence."
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We all have a place in our lives where we look the other way and pretend everything is fine. It's a built-in excuse to act selfishly.
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In an environment of impressive IQs, emotional intelligence makes all the difference.
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The history of hell doesn't begin with the Old Testament. Instead, hell took shape in the 2nd century from Mediterranean cultural exchange.
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To reap the benefits of AI technologies, businesses must keep humans in the driving seat.
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According to neuropsychologist Julia DiGangi, no one can live a life free of emotional pain. We can only choose how those emotions empower us.
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How Stacy Madison — founder of Stacy’s Pita Chips and BeBOLD Foods — discovered that reinvention is not a one-off deal but an ongoing process.
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In work and life, the rules of success are being redefined.
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Successful alpha leadership is more about caring and healing than dog-eat-dog supremacy.
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Philosopher Lee McIntyre discusses the dangers of disinformation, how such falsehoods spread, and what we can do about it.
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We can no longer approach the news as passive consumers.
A creative spark ignites amidst darkness.
Scott Dikkers discusses comedy, the creative process, and life lessons learned playing peekaboo.