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The Danish philosopher's simple paradox — living forwards while looking backwards — can be translated into golden business insights.
AI researcher and author Ken Stanley wonders how our rear-view perspective on success fits into a serendipitous mode of innovation.
Josh Kaufman — best-selling author of entrepreneurial classic "The Personal MBA" — explores an essential truth about all decision-making.
A-list lessons for better work-life collaboration — direct from the movie set.
Going against the grain is often difficult — but necessary for outperformance over the long-term.
“The brain is never the same from one moment to the next throughout life. Never ever.”
There's a fine line between ambition and ruthlessness.
"Upon emergence, these patients are sincerely unsure what was reality and what was a ‘dream.'"
We must get happiness right — even when the world around us gets it wrong.
Propofol, a drug commonly used for general anesthesia, derails the brain’s normal balance between stability and excitability.
An analysis of Indonesian cave paintings is reframing the history of human art, though whether the paintings really were created by human hands remains an open question.
How to make sure our formative tendencies don't derail us from being the great leaders we are trying to become.
In "Not Born Yesterday," author and cognitive scientist Hugo Mercier makes the case that misinformation is overrated — and other human foibles are underrated.
"If you’re training an AI to optimize for a task, and deception is a good way for it to complete the task, then there’s a good chance that it will use deception."
When stuffed and staring down the last bite, you might hear your mother's voice in your mind.
Executive coach Jodi Wellman explains how to “make it to the end with no regrets.”
Big Think Business columnist Eric Markowitz prefaces his new series on long-term thinking with the experience that almost cut his life short.
In the fight between head and heart, psychologists will win.
Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist — Frederik Pferdt — lays out a map for navigating unprecedented change and innovation.
"Fasting...should not be demonized for simply suggesting that we take a break from eating once in a while."
Each year, over half a million migrants cross the deadly jungle separating Colombia from Panama in search of a better life in the United States.
It's good to be a wallflower. But sometimes, you need to show yourself off a bit.
Cognitive systems famously posited by psychologist Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) may hold the key to a more productive and focused work environment.
“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
Architecture in the age of AI — argues professor Nayef Al-Rodhan — should embed philosophical inquiry in its transdisciplinary toolkit.
The evidence is far less clear than popular media might lead you to believe.
"We should be informed and educated about the risks of AI, but we can’t be afraid,” Khan Academy founder Sal Khan told Big Think.
From flow to emotional intelligence, these insightful books feature actionable advice you can try out today.
Cody Delistraty explores if laughter can help alleviate the physical symptoms of grief.
Our “embodied minds” suggest an eventual escape from mortality via computer is unlikely.