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An inventor from the Jersey Boardwalk, Popeil’s great genius was to make the whole world care about something that previously only weirdly obsessed aficionados of kitchen gadget had cared about.
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Michio Kaku and Peter Diamandis tackle the difference between the way our brains and machines compute, and how Artificial Intelligence will impact the future of the Web.
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As we contemplate the farthest reaches of where the Web is going, it is remarkable to consider how technical advances have already fundamentally altered our notions of privacy online.
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Malcolm Gladwell pours cold water on the promises of search technology, suggesting that new technologies are solving problems that don’t really exist.
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X-Prize Foundation Founder and Chairman Peter Diamandis and best-selling technology writer Nicholas Carr both speak to both the dreams and fears of what the web is becoming.
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Are we willing to take risks in order to bring about innovation? X-Prize Foundation’s Peter Diamandis and Chess Grandmaster Gary Kasparov weigh in on the state of innovation today.
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Jaron Lanier explores the question of whether there is a sustainable revenue model for online services.
In this video from Al Jazeera English, foreign affairs specialist Michael Binyon explains how history and geography will influence future uprisings in the Middle East.
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Companies that will win at search are those that successfully deal with the problem of fixed costs, said Thiel in his keynote address at Big Think’s Farsight 2011 forum.
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The actor and Internet entrepreneur shares insights from his grandfather James Rouse’s career as a pioneering urban planner—insights that are relevant to all leaders.
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Twenty years into his acting career, Norton still feels like an “idiot” and a “fraud” whenever he begins a new project. This sensation is similar to what all innovators face, […]
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As we turn our lives into information property, technology poses fundamental threats to privacy, anonymity and freedom. Salim Ismail outlined these threats in his presentation at Big Think’s Farsight 2011 […]
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Whether search engines like Google and Bing make you stupider or smarter is largely up to you, explains psychiatrist Gary Small during Big Think’s Farsight 2011 event.
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Search is no longer the simple act of typing words into a text box. New user interfaces and mobile devices are expanding the web into all aspects of daily life, […]
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When asking for a raise, you should strike a balance between yes man and “flame chaser.”
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The “CEO Whisperer” discusses some of the most common leadership mistakes and offers strategies to avoid them.
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As leadership teams become more globally distributed, CEOs need to be more creative in the ways they foster a sense of unity and cohesion among them.
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In our age of social media, CEOs should have a two-way dialogue with their broader constituencies.
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CEOs must walk a fine line while doing business in China—where the opportunities are massive but the room for error is small. One wrong move, and you can be effectively […]
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The global financial crisis and the Internet have transformed the relationship between business and stakeholder. The CEO Whisperer offers his advice on how to navigate through this brave new world.