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Personal Identity
Your sense of self isn’t located in a single part of the brain — it emerges from a complex interplay of cognitive processes that change over time.
The actor learned control, endurance, and focus on-set. Those lessons became the foundation of his real-world fight with addiction and self-hatred.
Be weird and esoteric because humans are weird and esoteric.
Most of us think we're good listeners, but we're wrong — and it's ruining our relationships.
Neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff on how to spot and break free from cognitive scripts that limit personal growth.
An interview with renowned mythologist Martin Shaw about persona, presence, and how to spend life's finite time.
Oliver Burkeman — author of "Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals" — tells Big Think about modern life lessons from a 6th-century monk.
Big Think Business columnist Eric Markowitz prefaces his new series on long-term thinking with the experience that almost cut his life short.
It's good to be a wallflower. But sometimes, you need to show yourself off a bit.
How heavy is the mask that you wear?
Nicole has been dating someone for a while but it's not working out from her point of view. Is sudden radio silence an ethical option?
“Feedback is a gift,” is an easy bumper sticker to apply, but a harder philosophy to put into execution in your real life.
The anxieties underpinning the Great Resignation were simmering for a long time. Here’s a solution.
There’s really only one mistake you can make: continue doing the same thing you already know is hurting you and expect a different result.
Grief never ends. There is no closure, but there are things we can do to mitigate the feeling of loss.
We all spend way too much time worrying what other people think of us — it’s time to cut loose.
Philosophers Massimo Pigliucci and Greg Lopez discuss how Stoicism can help us gain perspective on our emotions and act with intention in the world.
How humans came to feel comfortable among strangers, like those in a café, is an under-explored mystery.
John Templeton Foundation
The science makes it abundantly clear that couples with more self-expansion are better relationships.
For some people, there is only one thing to live for. They commit their entire being to that thing. They are dangerous.
People can lose their authentic selves when they don't honestly confront life's potential, according to the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.