The opportunity to get away from it all was even enshrined in the Wilderness Act of 1964, which defines wilderness as a place that “has outstanding opportunities for solitude.”
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“No one’s idea of excellence in conduct,” Mill wrote, “is that people should do absolutely nothing but copy one another.”
In around 540 BC, the world’s most efficient postal service belonged to the Persian Empire. A message could travel at a speed of roughly 200 miles a day. Today, we […]
A new tracker is linked with a mobile app that can keep parents up to date with a simple visual description of how baby is getting on with the baby sitter (probably just fine, so go on and enjoy the evening).
After previously discussing surveillance and autonomous cars, Singularity University’s Brad Templeton returns to Big Think to examine some lighter fare: quantum mechanics and computing.
What the world’s most powerful collider found, and may yet still find. “Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way.” –Tom Freston […]
Social networks have allowed billions of individuals to communicate and collaborate in a variety of ways while online technologies have helped business create frictionless purchases at the consumer and business-to-business levels.
A new report from Independent reveals that, despite attempts to rebrand itself, AOL still makes more money selling dial-up than by selling ads.
What if our shorter attention spans aren’t a growing weakness but rather an emblem of a more advanced, discerning brain?
Animated GIFs have emerged as a new form of lexicon for the internet age. A recent museum exhibition highlighted 37 of the most popular reaction GIFs on the internet.
In what is now known in online circles as “Black Friday,” the U.S. Department of Justice imposed a heavy crackdown on major online gambling sites on April 11, 2011. Since then, American online gamblers have gotten creative in how they bypass regulations.
A new report out of the Pew Research Center asks–and answers–what the Internet of things will look like by 2025. Firstly, there will be a lot of things.
The Internet is a creative place, and it just became a whole lot more artistic. Over 400,000 high-resolution digital images have gone public domain thanks to The Metropolitan Museum of […]
In the event of a “Yes” vote, the uncoupling process between Scotland and the UK will mean huge shifts with regard to energy, finance, and diplomacy.
Say goodbye to the inefficiencies of our current logistics systems. Automated vehicles, integrated logistics networks, and pooled cooperative resources will democratize the logistics economic model.
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A new Gallup poll shows that Americans’ confidence in print and television news is at an all-time low. Losing the hearts and minds of the American people also means losing influence over the collective societal zeitgeist.
Do you remember where you were when you first heard of this thing called the Internet? Do you remember how this technology—email, search engines—gradually took over your life, or perhaps […]
The next generation of the Internet will be more deeply integrated into our lives through our use of everyday objects, from house keys, to coffee cups, to our pet’s food bowl.
A recent New York Times editorial detailed the rampant issue of child sexual abuse in China and the dire need for the government to better educate its population.
From what we know about the limits of human cognition, we appear ill-suited to sift through the thousands, if not millions, of potential dates waiting for us out there.
Google’s maps will find you the shortest route from point A to point B. Now, Yahoo is working to provide Internet users with the most beautiful walking routes through London.
The important thing to remember is that maintaining your brand and reputation does not involve blasting customers online.
Jeremy Rifkin on the coming revolution of the energy internet.
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An upscale New York inn has seen its Yelp profile destroyed after the New York Post reported on its punitive crackdown on negative online reviews.
Understanding how to digitally communicate is an undeniably essential tool. There’s no opting out. So much of how we connect today, in our business and personal lives, even our dating, […]
Will Self argues that crowdfunding is doomed. He says eventually the crowd will wise up that people are really just begging for money. His argument is based on someone who […]
Spanish researchers have discovered that crowds may be less wise than we once thought, at least according to the (often observed) phenomena that aggregated wisdom is more accurate than that of a single individual.
Researchers working on a new project at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University have begun tracking, in real time, cases of false news and the stories debunking them […]
“If something is omitted, you have no way of knowing it has been omitted.” –Howard Zinn More search engines for the world, please BEIJING – Baidu (百度), the Chinese search […]
There are six cardinal rules that can determine if your viral campaign will be successful or not: clarity, ease, immediacy, multiplicity, versatility, and the ability to make participants feel good about themselves for having taken part.