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Challenging the loneliness stigma can change your life. Here’s how to start.
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If you see life as only a source of suffering and misery, why bring anyone else into that? This belief, called anti-natalism, is on the rise.
Former President and CEO of Celebrity Cruises, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, unpacks the leadership strategy behind her success.
Our classical intuition is no good in a quantum Universe. To make sense of it, we need to learn, and apply, an entirely novel set of rules.
In “Moral Ambition,” Dutch historian Rutger Bregman argues that all would benefit from a collective redefinition of success.
Without wormholes, warp drive, or some type of new matter, energy, or physics, everyone is limited by the speed of light. Or are they?
At age 37, neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke that would take her eight years to fully recover from. This is how it changed her understanding of the brain.
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Some processes, like quantum tunneling, have been shown to occur instantaneously. But the ultimate cosmic speed limit remains unavoidable.
Why would someone who has spent their entire career following orders become a great leader overnight?
George Raveling — the iconic leader who brought Michael Jordan to Nike — shares with Big Think a lifetime of priceless wisdom learned at the crossroads of sports and business.
Six visionary science fiction authors on the social impact of their work.
Nike athlete and famed Peloton instructor Tunde Oyeneyin shares how she turned her pain into purpose.
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The heart’s rhythms may play a larger role in shaping psychedelic experiences than previously thought.
From forming bound states to normal scattering, many possibilities abound for matter-antimatter interactions. So why do they annihilate?
“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.”
Businesses are realizing that rapid disruption without stability can lead to long-term failure. A new era of thoughtful, sustainable growth is emerging.
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Ginni Rometty shares lessons in leadership learned during her 40 year tenure and recent executive position as former CEO of IBM.
Welcome to the Big Think debut of The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Is it ever possible for God to violate the laws of nature?
In Georgia, it’s becoming less common to pronounce words like “prize” as “prahz.”
Often viewed as a purely theoretical, calculational tool only, direct observation of the Lamb Shift proved their very real existence.
The successful tactics of big-name leaders — including Bob Iger, Mary Barra, and Satya Nadella — reveal key approaches to innovation.
You’ve got to know when to fight and when to laugh.
A relatively new interpretation of quantum mechanics asks us to reimagine the process of science itself.
From tulips to Bitcoin, bubbles have been given a bad rap as destroyers of dreams — but they’re essential for our brightest future. Here’s why.
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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Arguments don’t have to be about winning or losing; they can help us build trust despite disagreeing.
Adams was infamously scooped when Neptune was discovered in 1846. His failure wasn’t the end, but a prelude to a world-changing discovery.
The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this share.