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Discover top ideas and strategies from today’s leading business voices.

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In a major shift, psychologists now view an out-of-control compulsion to work as an addiction with its own set of risk factors and consequences.
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Just eight of Etched’s Sohu chips could replace 160 Nvidia GPUs.
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Philosophy cures no disease and invents nothing new. What's even the point?
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The winners of the remote work boom? Utah, Arizona, and Maine. Here’s what the US’ post-pandemic migration looks like.
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Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of VaynerMedia, explains how to find branding success by making "boulders" out of "pebbles."
A silhouette of a person using a metal detector merges seamlessly with a large, centered image of JFK's face against a gradient blue background, symbolizing leadership and discovery.
Most leaders get the psychology of human motivation all wrong — here’s how a presidential encounter with a leaf-sweeper puts it right.
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For extraordinary long-term success in business we can look to insights from British Olympic cycling, Roger Federer and neuroeconomics.
A man sits at a control panel with knobs and buttons, wearing a headset, looking at a screen displaying abstract, distorted wavy patterns—the antidote for leaders in navigating complex data.
We can address the misalignment between the current leadership reality and traditional leadership practices with a simple formula.
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Dennis “Thresh” Fong talks to us about battling Elon Musk in Quake in the ‘90s, his undefeated record as a pro gamer, and using AI to detoxify gaming.
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Some news is slow, some news is fast — and there are two simple techniques to help you filter both.
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In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.
New research from Big Think+ shows that leaders crave more feedback on their leadership and management skills.
A silhouette of an archer centaur stands poised over a background of binary code, symbolizing the rise of more AI jobs.
Evidence shows that “centaurs” — human–AI teaming — produce better performance than either people or software can achieve alone.
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Jeremy Johnson — co-founder of the talent network Andela — reflects on leadership in the age of remote work and AI.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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Eric Siegel has been in the AI field since 1991. He’s “horrified” by the AI hype bubble, but not for the reason you think.
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A simple semantic device — invented by a forgotten senator — can help us break “the curse of knowledge.”
A book cover titled "Billionaire Nerd Saviour King" by Anupreeta Das, featuring a black-and-white photo of Bill Gates with green text overlay about the nerd founder's influence on the world.
He peppers his sentences with words like “neat” and “cool,” he’s not great at working the room after dinner — oh, and he's a peerless visionary.
A close-up illustration of a Play-Doh container with the words "Kutol" and "Wall" on it, symbolizing its lasting success. The background features text fragments and abstract patterns.
Like ultra-hardy plants that thrive in harsh conditions, businesses that see crises as opportunities are likely to win in the long run.