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            When you think of social media, the first thing that comes to mind is probably Facebook. That’s no surprise considering that as of April […]

These are SIX quality questions that will kickstart you on the path to achieving your dreams.

1. The Topless Revolution Targets Putin  “Putin leered like Benny Hill at a topless protester,” was the headline on The Reliable Source. Gawker has the video of Putin giving the thumb’s up. […]

So America, let me repeat, is more than ever a meritocracy defined by productivity.  Now, that’s not all we are.  And it’s far from bad news that we’ve gotten over […]

“Morsi is an idiot,” says a friend of mine. “But he should have been voted out.” Like many people I know, he can’t endorse the military overthrow of a man […]

So libertarians are rightly outraged by the Obama administration’s new Puritanical speech code.  But others have either praised or blamed that same administration for its “aggressive libertarianism” when it comes to sexual […]

The Communication Age is here, and it’s time we harness it. Why? Because informing is a one-way conversation between you and your employees, customers, or other stakeholders. And let’s face […]

So BIG THINK published a sensible little essay by the distinguished public intellectual John Gray.  He says don’t think about immortality as something you can achieve through your own efforts. […]

Contrary to what some may think, the herb popularly known as “ganja” is illegal, yet it manages to attract tourists from all over the world. A group of advocates says the country should turn that to its advantage.

Update: Following the publication of this post and all of your thoughtful responses, the Big Think editors have decided to discontinue the Big Think’s relationship with Kanazawa. This is a response […]

Edward is also helping change the field of philanthropy by co-founding CrowdRise, a social fundraising site that makes it easy and fun for people to raise money for their favorite causes.

If you thought the concept of people traveling between cities – or even across the nation – in a matter of minutes was just a bit of Jetsons science fiction […]

Some biologists think humans may be more commonly infected with mind-altering parasites than is typically believed by psychologists, who examine mental defects as purely behavioral phenomena.

To Orthodox Jews, eruvin are a crucial component to their faith. To everybody else, it is as if they didn’t even exist

It used to be that the business landscape was a man’s world. Times are changing! Today, women are wielding more and more power on both sides of the business transaction. […]

Once you know what the laws of nature are, another kind of question unfolds itself which is why are those the laws and not other laws.

All that it takes to cope with the death of a loved one is the philosophical habit of turning easily understood ideas into the more difficult practice of how you perceive the world day by day.

My experience with the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey holds some valuable lessons on how to get and maintain trust.

It’s time to bring in an expert in conflict resolution to help President Obama and Republican leaders in Congress work together for the sake of all Americans. 

In the spirit of maintaining an open mind, and in an attempt to purge myself of past prejudices, I will be re-reading The Great Gatsby this weekend.   

Could monitoring the activity of a brain region called the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) help law enforcement officials predict which violent criminals are likely to re-offend?  A recent study out […]

R.R. Reno,  quite an astute conservative public intellectual, claims that those with eyes to see know that the big news these days is the global victory of capitalism.  I’m not […]

We’re beginning to find evidence that epigenetics can, in fact, influence the next generation in a way that’s at least partially Lamarckian.

So the University of Colorado has hired my friend Steve Hayward to be a visiting professor in conservative thought and policy.  Some alum’ funded the position because he believed that students […]

“Having strong opinions is part of the joy of being alive, and loving people in spite of those strong opinions is one of the other joys of being alive.”

We are not the safe small blue dot we like to think we are, but rather, we are more like a target in a “cosmic shooting gallery.”

One very prominent global warming denier is a Dane named Bjorn Lomborg.  He wrote a book about ten years ago that got a great deal of attention and he called […]

A government initiative that originally focused on hotels in certain districts of Ho Chi Minh City has now been expanded to all hotels in an attempt to combat unsafe sexual practices.

“It’s absolutely not true that we need natural gas, coal or oil—we think it’s a myth,” said Mark Z. Jacobson, author of a new energy report by the National Research Council. 

1. The Anti-drone Hoodie Some clothing is designed to make you stand out from the crowd. Then there are the clothes that are to designed to make you invisible to drones. […]