Timothy Caulfield, a leading science communicator, discusses the challenges of combatting misinformation in an age of information overload.
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Arieh Smith, a New York City-based polyglot who runs the YouTube channel Xiaomanyc, talks language-learning with Big Think.
“Asking the question of, where did the entire universe come from, is no longer a question for poets and theologians and philosophers. This is a question for scientists, and we have some amazing scientific answers to this question that have defied even the wildest of our expectations.”
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The cofounder and CEO of red-hot billing platform Metronome unpacks his leadership journey.
Sabine Hossenfelder talks about Albert Einstein, dead grandmothers, the physics of aging, and more in this full interview with Big Think.
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Big Think guest writer Rory Stewart — former UK Secretary of State for International Development and co-host of The Rest Is Politics podcast — made a profound discovery about leadership while working with GiveDirectly.
When your life’s truth and the reality you live become out of sync, you risk falling into an “anxiety spiral.”
Science writer Matt Ridley joins us to discuss how “Darwin’s strangest idea” makes us all a bit feather-brained (in a good way).
The founder of gourmet fast food juggernauts Pret and Itsu unpacks the meaning of success and what really inspires him.
In a guest essay for Big Think Business, Pedro Franceschi — co-founder and co-CEO of Brex — explains why deftly navigating between vision and details is crucial for successful leaders.
For his new book, “The Ghost Lab,” Matt Hongoltz-Hetling spent time with paranormal investigators to understand their relationship with science and society.
John Green opens up about his struggle to remain hopeful while writing about suffering and injustice.
“Ultimately, the choice rests with each individual: whether to take the convenient route of allowing AI to handle our critical thinking, or to preserve this essential cognitive process for ourselves.”
Jeremy Johnson — co-founder of the talent network Andela — reflects on leadership in the age of remote work and AI.
“We’re awash in lies and misinformation to a degree that was not possible before we got the internet and in particular before we got social media.”
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A physicist, a psychologist, and a philosopher walk into a bar and discuss a framework for thinking better in the 21st century.
Semyon Dukach — founding partner of VC firm One Way Ventures — adds balance to the founder mode debate.
Eric Siegel, Co-Founder & CEO, Gooder AI, argues machine learning (ML) projects go astray because their stakeholders focus too often on the technological fireworks — the “rocket science” of predictive models.
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Meet the scientist mixing mentalism with principles from positive psychology and the science of human potential.
Executive coach Jodi Wellman explains how to “make it to the end with no regrets.”
“If we’re related to every living thing on the planet, do we not have a special responsibility for every living thing on this planet? They are really all our relatives.”
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In his new book, the popular science writer tells the story of how scientists discovered the “gaseous ocean” we all swim in — and the trillions of invisible life forms we share it with.
Nestor Maslej, research manager at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), talks us through key findings in the 2024 AI Index Report.
Veteran investor Sujal Patel, co-founder and CEO of Nautilus Biotechnology, helps us sift golden nuggets from the loose shale of entrepreneurship.
Sunita Sah hopes that by redefining defiance, we can build societies that allow people to live more authentic lives.
Purposeful, passionate, and bold, these Big Think+ experts have made important contributions to human thought and to the history of ideas.
Psychologist Mary C. Murphy explains why growth-mindset teams outperform those centered around a lone genius.
In his latest book, Malcolm Gladwell explores a strange phenomenon of group dynamics.
AI, anxiety, and emotional intelligence are on learners’ minds as they prepare to tackle the new year.
The late philosopher suggested adding a couple of “Occam’s heuristics” to your critical thinking toolbox.