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Let me share with you an alarming study that came to my attention a couple of years ago. Americans are now drinking more BOTTLED WATER than BEER.  Ther persons who reported […]

I'd be happy to make a bet with real money that Marx was just plain wrong about immiseration, and will continue to be proved wrong.

My recent post on the godlessness of the Constitution has attracted some attention. Over the weekend, I came across a reply from another of Big Think’s bloggers: Peter Lawler, a […]

Great thinkers are not much if their ideas never get noticed. And hey, it's a jungle out there. Here is some advice about getting your thoughts into the marketplace—and getting noticed.

This idea was submitted and written by Ali Wyne, researcher at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. What is your […]

By studying the world's most innovative leaders and businesses, a new book shares what behaviors are common across the spectrum of our time's most creative and disruptive thinkers. 

Yesterday was Constitution Day.  Let’s face it.  It’s a commemoration that hasn’t caught on. A few years ago Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia snuck through some legislation requiring that every […]

I thought I’d offer some random observations… First off, I agree with my fellow BIG THINKER Kris that it’s most unreasonable to fear terrorist retaliation.  That’s not only because the odds […]

So one of our BIG THINKERS, Daniel Honan, gave us a fine introduction to one of the biggest ideas around, THE END OF HISTORY. Daniel is right that the idea […]

Here’s a pithy, gracious, thoughtful, and fairly accurate review of my most recent book by another conservative.  In the spirit of shameless self-promotion, I’ll give you a generous taste: In this […]

After five years of reporting across the African continent, journalist Scott Baldauf signs off by dispelling some of the dangerous myths he says are perpetuated by the Western press. 

Great Big Ideas, the first Floating University course, features twelve of the most important thinkers and practitioners in their fields. These lecturers are constantly making news, and in this blog, […]

The fascinating billionaire entrepreneur Peter Thiel (a Facebook guy, the PayPal guy etc.) seems to be carrying the day against the educational establishment in answering this question negatively. He’s teamed up […]

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Companies like Apple need to constantly innovate just to maintain their present position. This is the harsh reality that businesses must face in the increasingly competitive global economy. Harvard Business School's Linda Hill has advice for leaders in these challenging times. 

What happens when the one-time innovator becomes calcified and defensive, and refuses to accept criticism, shutting himself off in isolation? According to Thomas DeLong, sometimes long-term success requires short-term failure.

Our BIG THINKING friend Robert de Neufville has outlined an important component of President’s Obama’s case for a second term. Sure, the economy is tanking.  And so are the president’s ratings, because […]

Today, Big Think launches StandOut, a video-driven career curriculum for university-educated job-seekers. StandOut video segments feature actionable career insights from today’s most influential leaders and experts, as they share their knowledge on topics ranging from résumés to risk-taking. 

Capitalist societies believe in the possibility of endless growth. But Plato and other classical philosophers would have begged to differ.

So last night at the ISI honors program (after a long and luxurious dinner at a great restaurant), we actually had a speaker from CANADA—a brilliant professor of political philosophy […]

Michael Port says… We will be ridiculed for declaring ourselves to be big thinkers. To declare anything is to take a chance, to put ourselves on the line, to risk […]

Michael Port says… n n The time has come. We cannot wait anymore. For years, we have hidden behind our own small thoughts or let ourselves be held back by […]

n Pop!Tech 2008 Visualization from Tom Wujec on Vimeo. Over at Mashable, Josh Catone has compiled a great list of the Top 7 Places to Watch Great Minds in Action. […]

Not surprisingly, the publishing industry is full of bibliophiles who love the body of the printed book almost as much as its soul.  Rick Richter, the founder and president of Ruckus Mobile Media, is the rare exception.  

n Browsing the local magazine newsstand over the weekend, I was struck by how many “Dangerous Ideas” are out there in the business, political and cultural worlds, ready for public […]

Forcing President Obama to focus on the debt ceiling issue night after night for weeks on end has changed him for the better. Unfortunately for congressional Republicans, this manufactured fiscal […]

Monday I posted on the reasons for the fall of Borders, reasons that go much deeper and broader than simply blaming Amazon.  But how are the most treasured of urban […]

So the BIG THINKers have reminded us that one of the most personal and technologically promising ideas of our time is DESIGNING BABIES–or making the result of our reproduction better than natural. I’ve […]

Singularity University has spawned a group of start-ups with the ambitious goal of impacting one billion people in ten years. Big Think contributor Michael Raymond del Castillo profiles this group of entrepreneurs who are looking to change the world.

Psychologist Sam Gosling discusses what Apple's recently-unveiled spaceship headquarters says about Steve Jobs--and what your office might say about you.