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Big Think spoke with AI expert Nick Jennings about the future of regulating fast-evolving AI.
By supplementing the "principle of marginal gains” with these practical steps, you’ll be well equipped for the journey towards excellence.
A company can only be as agile as its least flexible team — here’s how to make an effective framework for decision-making.
Lockdowns moved the burden of COVID from the at-risk elderly to the less-at-risk young. Does this sacrifice merit compensation?
How much do citizens really value free elections?
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Fraud is a $5 trillion “industry.” But not all its perpetrators look alike. Kelly Richmond Pope, a professor of accounting, breaks down who commits fraud — and why.
The term "zero-point energy" has at least two meanings, one that is innocuous and one that is a great deal sexier (and scammier).
Morning, afternoon, or night: When is the best time to exercise? Scientists have extensively studied this question. Here's what they found.
Through humility, the old arrogance of infallibility crumbles. And in that there is genuine hope to prevent wrongful convictions.
See the 3 biggest space stories from October 16-22, 2023.
Because the milk was thin and had an unnatural, bluish tint, vendors stirred in additives such as chalk, flour, eggs, and Plaster-of-Paris.
"Conceptual isolation" offers an agreeable solution.
Technology goes in directions we can never predict — so we must be prepared to limit the spread of unintended consequences.
Philosopher Lee McIntyre discusses the dangers of disinformation, how such falsehoods spread, and what we can do about it.
Simple "nudges" to remind people to show up for court could help keep thousands out of jail.
Experts say it’s likely space junk—and there’s plenty more where that came from.
Is true equality achievable — or even desirable? Go on a journey through the strange and unsettling "Land of Justice."
John Templeton Foundation
Being a good leader requires emotional capital, which is one reason why many bosses are so bad at it.
Millennials — who were raised to expect unlimited success but found only disappointment — can be drawn to manifestation.
Predictive power has perverse, anti-democratic consequences. So be a good citizen and lie to election pollsters.
In many ways, it was worse than Chernobyl.
We can no longer approach the news as passive consumers.
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Kelly Richmond Pope, a forensic accountant, shares a simple test that puts your ethics under the spotlight.
Big Think covered the 2012 study shortly after it was published. We are now correcting the record.
7mins
Forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope explains how fraud runs rampant — even when businesses don’t intend it.
When a whoopsie-daisy just won’t cut it.
With U.S. infrastructure crumbling, an honor oath and iron ring remind engineers of their profession's ethical weight.
Learn to spot the scientists who are searching for the truth rather than money, ego, or fame.
Functional complex systems arise from functional simple systems. Failing to heed this advice can and will lead to disaster.
The key to its success lies not in its understanding of technology, but in its understanding of human nature.