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Big Think takes privacy very seriously and wants to ensure that our users are protected. As we build a global forum for discussion and debate, it is vital that you–the […]
Do Not Wake up The Red Dragon, communist CHINA.
If Universal’s plan to produce a Monopoly movie directed by Ridley Scott didn’t fly, the Bailout Game is the obvious answer. Blue Earth Interactive, a web design firm based in […]
Obama has made a decidedly lefty imprint on the first week of his presidency. The shuttering of Guantanamo is set in stone, albeit with an uncertain closing date; a New […]
While the “Baghdad clogger,” Muntazer al-Zaidi, awaits his final verdict for throwing two size 10 loafers at President Bush last month, a monument in his honor has been erected in […]
Higly skilled chef`s and restauranteurs flock to a small city.
Michael Bloomberg is the founder of the financial media company Bloomberg LLC and was elected the mayor of New York City in 2001. In his plan of action for the next president’s first 100 days, Bloomberg advises against a “legislative run,” and encourages action on all fronts—from immigration to education to energy. The economy, and renewed confidence in it, must be at the top of the agenda. In the long term, Bloomberg wants to see a system that takes advantage of bipartisan relationships and respects the intelligence of the American people.
Have you ever wondered what the fabric of spacetime is made of? I have. It seems most elusive to scientists. Honestly, from what I can tell, no one has really […]
I personally enjoy it immensely… but if someone found a way to create food in which everything contained was absorbed, no waste products were included, would you eat it? Would […]
Do people need secrecy and privacy? I’ve just thought that in most cases, especially dealing with social situations, communication would have easily worked. Does secrecy make you feel good? I’d […]
Oxytocin is the bonding hormone. There are many ways to release oxytocin – a massage, an orgasm, cuddling, breast feeding, and touch in general. It is the evolutionary glue that […]
As a key player in this diminishing manufacturing base, change is something our industry has been dealing with for a long time.
I normally would ask for a show of hands of who thinks their health insurance works for them and who knows how healthcare works and how it’s going.
The bandwidth providers (Cable, DSL) have made billions providing easy access to pirated intellectual property. They haven’t paid one cent back to the owners. Granted, many of them tried to […]
When has mankind ever been free? Why haven’t other societies created so many of the benefits this young county has brought to mankind? They have opted for control of people […]
The Solar Space Port Inititative The strategy can be seen as the equivalent to an “Apollo” project for renewable energy much like Al Gore has talked about recently. It could […]
Though she started off in linguistics, Anna Deavere Smith soon hit on theater as a way to study diversity and social change.