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Big Think spoke with AI expert Nick Jennings about the future of regulating fast-evolving AI.
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By supplementing the "principle of marginal gains” with these practical steps, you’ll be well equipped for the journey towards excellence.
Employees over customers.
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Quiet quitting, The Great Resignation, burnout: there are a ton of buzzwords to describe how modern work culture is broken. Now that we know what the problems are, how do we fix them? Tiffani Bova shares how employers can heal their relationship with their employees.
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A company can only be as agile as its least flexible team — here’s how to make an effective framework for decision-making.
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MakeLoveNotPorn founder Cindy Gallop says women need to stop giving a damn what people think.
Unlikely Collaborators
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You know ChatGPT, but how much do you know about the company that made it? Journalist Karen Hao joins us to talk OpenAI’s latest implosion.
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There are steps we can take to create a new paradigm that will help shift society's attitude towards women in the workplace.
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How to figure out the right amount of time for any project.
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It just takes one “yes.” Wharton professor Jonah Berger shares his three tips for getting what you want from others.
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A new generation of leaders is forging a path for 21st-century capitalism that’s both profitable and socially responsible.
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When ancient humans stared into the darkness, they imagined monsters. Today, staring into the future, AI is the monster.
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The sooner you can admit what’s swimming beneath the surface, the sooner you can improve your life.
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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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The first human trial of base editing delivered strong results along with some safety concerns.
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Roger Babson wanted a “partial insulator, reflector, or absorber of gravity” — something, anything, that would stop or dampen it.
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Business advisor Michael C. Fillios has developed a repeatable playbook for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to add value from technology.
Gertrude Bell, a formidable traveller, archaeologist and diplomat, defied the action fallacy by challenging conventional wisdom and achieving remarkable success in her endeavors.
We rightly celebrate Winston Churchill as one of the world's greatest leaders — but for all the wrong reasons.
The curious be the unicorn.
Visionaries from Socrates to Steve Jobs have touted curiosity as an essential quality. Here’s how to supercharge your spirit of inquiry.
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Really smart people don’t just demand intellectual engagement — they need the opportunity to learn and create something special.
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That completely useless thing you want to get rid of — it's probably more important than you think.
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Aragon AI CEO Wesley Tian tells Big Think Business how he took his company from initial conception, through acceleration, to the scaling phase.
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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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We often assume that movement means progress and that doing something is better than doing nothing. That is often not true.
Taylor Swift shines on the red carpet
We are wired to value things more when we work hard at attaining them — even if, objectively, they aren't worth that much.
Steve Jobs in his office, showcasing survivorship bias in his journey of founding and leading Apple.
Survivorship bias occurs when we fail to consider how data was collected. To combat this, search for the "silent evidence."
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There are three kinds of failure. Only one can help you have a better shot of succeeding in the future. A Harvard business professor explains.
A black man, an AI specialist, sitting at a desk in a modern office while brainstorming innovative business ideas.
The reported supremacy of generative AI over human brain-power in business ideation depends on how you define “better.”
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A new hypothesis accuses the simple sugar of wrecking energy metabolism.
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In an environment of impressive IQs, emotional intelligence makes all the difference.
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For a plan to go as smooth as clockwork, be prepared to pounce on opportunity.