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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
In the 1970s, James Lovelock proposed that the biosphere was not just green scruff quivering on Earth's surface. Instead, it managed to take over the geospheres.
“The brain is never the same from one moment to the next throughout life. Never ever.”
What you can learn about media by parodying it from the print era into the digital age.
There's a fine line between ambition and ruthlessness.
You will need determination, humility, and courage if you are to master anything.
From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity's journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency.
We must get happiness right — even when the world around us gets it wrong.
A perfect map is as useless as it is impossible to create.
Can AI-powered “answer engines” replace the 10 blue links model?
Alan Turing and Christopher Strachey created a ground-breaking computer program that allowed them to express affection vicariously when so doing publicly, as gay men, was criminal.
In "Not Born Yesterday," author and cognitive scientist Hugo Mercier makes the case that misinformation is overrated — and other human foibles are underrated.
When stuffed and staring down the last bite, you might hear your mother's voice in your mind.
The passage of time is something we all experience, as it takes us from one moment to the next. But could it all just be an illusion?
"The movement is much bigger than Sam Bankman-Fried, or any one person, no matter how wealthy," philosopher Peter Singer told Big Think.
Executive coach Jodi Wellman explains how to “make it to the end with no regrets.”
The true story of the shot that "reverberated through England" when science collided head-on with religion.
Big Think Business columnist Eric Markowitz prefaces his new series on long-term thinking with the experience that almost cut his life short.
The best of all investor attributes is easily attained — and unbeatable in combination with other advantages.
It's knowledgeable, confident, and behaves human-like in many ways. But it's not magic that powers AI though; it's just math and data.
Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, "precrastination," and Westeros lore.