Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Video – Social Media Revolution

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From the author of Socialnomics, here’s what is perhaps the latest modification of the Did You Know? video. FYI, Did You Know? Version 4 is on target for an October release!

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A man in glasses and a suit jacket, resembling John Green, stands in front of a light background with a purple rectangle and abstract black lines.

Books

‘Everything is Tuberculosis’ author John Green on writing, anxiety, and illness

John Green opens up about his struggle to remain hopeful while writing about suffering and injustice.

A graphic with the text "an excerpt from" on the left and the grayscale book cover of "Raising AI" by De Kai on the right.

Big Think Books

Why AI today is more toddler than Terminator

In “Raising AI,” De Kai argues that today’s AIs are already more like us than we think they are.

Starts With A Bang

How the Milky Way-Andromeda merger became so uncertain

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Silhouette of a person carrying a cross in front of the United States Capitol building, symbolizing cross purposes between faith and politics.

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The price of Christianity’s “broken bargain” with democracy

An atheist’s case for why American democracy needs a more Christlike Christianity.

A man sits with his head resting on his hand, surrounded by crossed-out words like "nonsense," "babble," and "rubbish" in red text.

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Stephen King’s most misused piece of writing advice

A thesaurus isn’t for finding fancy words; it’s a resource to help you keep your rhythm.

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