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When ancient humans stared into the darkness, they imagined monsters. Today, staring into the future, AI is the monster.

It is easy to underestimate how much the world can change within a lifetime.

“Lookism” is prevalent and harmful. So why do so few take it seriously?

If we manage to avoid a large catastrophe, we are living at the early beginnings of human history.

We will have a better shot at improving our lives once we come to understand, know, and love the people we will one day become.

For well over a century, engineers have proposed harnessing the ocean’s tides for energy. But the idea hasn’t seemed to register in many places.

Today’s philosophy students would be justified in asking, “What does any of this have to do with living?”

Mike Bechtel, chief futurist with Deloitte Consulting LLP, joins Big Think for a wide-ranging look at what’s next — and why.

Modern autocracies operate “not like a bloc but rather like an agglomeration of companies,” says journalist and historian Anne Applebaum.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Or are cults the religions we find distasteful?

The truly talented are those who got to where they are despite preconceived expectations.

The Reitoff principle gives us permission to “write off” a day and intentionally step away from achieving anything.

Man does not live by measurement alone.

Although mammals may be the dominant form of life today, we’re relative newcomers on planet Earth. Here’s our place in natural history.

Today, the deepest depths of intergalactic space aren’t at absolute zero, but at a chill 2.73 K. How does that temperature change over time?

We can address the misalignment between the current leadership reality and traditional leadership practices with a simple formula.

Admitting that we know little about our future selves can radically improve our decision-making.

The problem with today’s AI isn’t it thinking for itself; it’s the tech telling humans whatever we want to hear.

Lynda Gratton, a professor of management practice at the London Business School, explains how business leaders can navigate a future in constant flux.

“Could you create a god?” Nietzsche’s titular character asks in “Thus Spoke Zarathustra.”

Traveling back in time is a staple of science fiction movies. But according to Einstein, it’s a physical possibility that’s truly allowed.

While weltschmerz — literally “world-pain” — may be unpleasant, it can also spur us to change things for the better.

For nearly 60 years, the hot Big Bang has been accepted as the best story of our cosmic origin. Could the Steady-State theory be possible?

One alchemist’s search for a whiz-bang method to produce gold unlocked the central science instead.

Within our observable Universe, there’s only one Earth and one “you.” But in a vast multiverse, so much more becomes possible.

Do grim sci-fi scenarios crush our hopes for real-world growth? Author Michael Harris looks elsewhere to unblock the road to a better future.

Effective leadership requires long-term strategy — not tactical reactions.

“Imagination is more important than knowledge” is often taken to mean that your conceptions outweigh what’s real. That’s not what he said.

In the 20th century, many options abounded as to our cosmic origins. Today, only the Big Bang survives, thanks to this critical evidence.