The combined intellectual heft of multiple “big thinkers” delivered arguably the most successful scientific theory in history.
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Big Thinkers join us to ruminate on a great question that they may — or may not — have pondered before.
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Renowned business expert Roger Martin shares the key essentials for effective management with a focus on strategy, culture, execution, talent and data.
NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller is coming back to Big Think's studio soon to answer YOUR questions! Here's all you need to know to submit your science-related inquiries.
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Plato, Sun Tzu, and Buddha all lived in a "golden age" of philosophy that laid the foundation of modern thought.
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Jokes so cheesy even French philosophers will love them.
A philosophy of birth can offset the prevailing narrative around extinction and mortality.
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An expert in conflict and communication, Amy Gallo combines management research with practical advice on how to improve relationships and excel at work.
Who — or what — really controls your mind?
George Orwell got it right: "Never use a long word where a short one will do."
Media provocateurs and conspiracy theorists insist that they're "just asking questions." No, they aren’t.
A new book envisions an encounter of minds between the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, the physicist Werner Heisenberg, and the philosopher Immanuel Kant.
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Reading classic books can inform you as much about the present as the past.
Philosophy can focus on some dull topics. Luckily, some thinkers have spent lots of time on the philosophy of sex
“The Tao of the wise is to work without effort.”
Once a cosmopolitan faith, Islam valued intellectualism and modernity. It was derailed by various geopolitical and religious forces.
This list of leadership training topics is designed to help businesses navigate the times and prepare for the future.
We thought the Big Bang started it all. Then we realized that something else came before, and it erased everything that existed prior.