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Lifelong Learning
Arieh Smith, a New York City-based polyglot who runs the YouTube channel Xiaomanyc, talks language-learning with Big Think.
Stories of child prodigies and the naturally gifted hide the fact that success is built on more than talent alone.
Your brain is not an obsolete piece of technology. Once properly trained for learning, it’s your ticket to navigating the AI landscape.
Katie Kermode — a memory athlete with four world records — tells Big Think about her unique spin on an ancient technique to memorize unfathomably long lists of information.
To thrive in a rapidly changing future, we will need adaptable and diverse skill sets. Here’s where to look.
Scott Dikkers discusses comedy, the creative process, and life lessons learned playing peekaboo.
We all spend way too much time worrying what other people think of us — it’s time to cut loose.
Impossible standards and poor self-understanding are making us miserable.
For the clarity of a “beginner’s mind” and a path to true and lasting wisdom, one must fully embrace "not-knowing."
It’s the paradoxical observation that the more we try to process, the less we actually can.
Despite a reputation for catastrophe and cat killings, curiosity is a beneficial drive that improves our lives and well-being.
Though Sun Tzu’s "The Art of War" is a classic military treatise, its advice applies to all manner of conflict.
The curiosity of children is a national resource. Adults destroy it.
Financial illiteracy can become a significant problem. But it’s a problem with a clear solution.
Million Stories
“The Tao of the wise is to work without effort.”
"Of course, the spleen is the biggest organ in the body."
Intellectual humility demands that we examine our motivations for holding certain beliefs.
John Templeton Foundation
No family is immune to money conflicts, no matter how much they love each other. Here’s what to look out for.
Radical Emotional Acceptance calls on you to celebrate all of life's emotions — even the negative ones.
The right questions are those sparked from the joy of discovery.
Personal finance advice is often over-simplified and fails to consider economic research or people’s unique circumstances.
Million Stories
Warm relationships protect your mind and body from the slings and arrows of life.
Give yourself (and others) a break.
Computerized, job-focused learning undercuts the true value of higher education. Liberal arts should be our model for the future.
There is no sure-fire formula for success, but you can be better prepared to create your own.
Philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues that we often don't truly want to obtain what we think we desire.
"Carpe diem" was only one part of Horace's poem Odes 1.11.
By challenging your preconceptions, art offers a framework by which you can solve problems.
There are many ways asynchronous learning benefits both individuals and organizations, from learner autonomy to cost savings.
When your passion becomes your day job, sometimes the day job becomes a chore.