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Think Again – a Big Think Podcast With Experimental Philosopher Jonathon Keats on Buckminster Fuller, Vicarious Sex, Taboos and How to Get Around Them
How you perform on an individual task — an exam or project at work — does not predict longterm success as well as a behavior called “grit.” So what is grit, and how can we use it to succeed?
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Media strategist, writer, and college drop-out Ryan Holiday questions whether college is just an expensive way to go through the motions.
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Psychologist and writer Maria Konnikova on how to out-smart a con artist.
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Ex-FBI crisis negotiator Chris Voss explains the golden question that will give you the upper hand in a negotiation.
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Today’s video is part of a series on genius, in proud collaboration with 92Y’s 7 Days of Genius Festival.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson explains what’s so completely mind-blowing about the great mind of Sir Isaac Newton.
Big Think is proud to partner with the 92nd Street Y’s 7 Days of Genius Festival to bring you an in-depth look at the many qualities and characteristics of genius.
John Eliot Gardiner looks at what we know if Johan Sebastian Bach’s argumentative life.
Take a deep breath, you’re in for a ride. Here is Penn Jillette on Libertarianism, taxes, Trump, Clinton, Sanders, Gary Johnson, sex, drugs and Kurt Cobain.
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Today’s video is part of a series on female genius, in proud collaboration with 92Y’s 7 Days of Genius Festival.
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Today’s video is part of a series on female genius, in proud collaboration with 92Y’s 7 Days of Genius Festival.
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In a world that’s always connected, we give away an essential part of our selves with constant distractions.
Today’s video is part of a series on female genius, in proud collaboration with 92Y’s 7 Days of Genius Festival.
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Today’s video is part of a series on female genius, in proud collaboration with 92Y’s 7 Days of Genius Festival.
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If you can’t break through a wall, you climb over it. Janna Levin, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College, points to three genius scientists who embraced limitations.
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Today’s video is part of a series on female genius, in proud collaboration with 92Y’s 7 Days of Genius Festival.
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Mathematician Dr. Hannah Fry tells the story of zero, a genius idea that transformed human progress.
There’s never been a more important time to be aware of how the fate of the Earth depends on us. “We only have one planet that serves as an example and […]
We know the benefits about positivity. What about grumpiness?
Big Think is proud to partner with the 92nd Street Y’s 7 Days of Genius Festival to bring you an in-depth look at the many qualities and characteristics of genius.
Donald Trump’s savvy Twitter campaign is helping him win the presidential nomination.
Rosalind Franklin is most known for her role in first capturing the blueprint for life. Her efforts provided the evidence to deduce the double helix structure of DNA.
A new security technology identifies people by the sound of their skulls.
Helen B. Taussig was the original pediatric cardiologist. She founded a field of study, advancing medical research beyond what was thought possible at the time.
Mary Anning lived in a time when women couldn’t attend university.
Philosophy is a worthwhile endeavor, says Bill Nye the Science Guy, though the answers it offers are frequently limited by human rationality. Science, on the other hand, surprises us!
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