When we use the same word — awesome — to describe hot dogs as well as the Grand Canyon, do we really know what it means? Let’s look into awesomeness in the context of philosophy.
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Nietzsche loved aphorisms, and here we have collected 15 of his greatest hits.
The science of selflessness.
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“At times, it seems as if we are condemned to try to understand our own time with conceptual frameworks more than half a century old.” Historian Niall Ferguson says it’s time for an update.
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Our future as humans might be great. Or non-existent. Is our government, or Silicon Valley, prepared to handle the consequences of advancing AI?
Spontaneous, deep talk on surprise topics. On this week’s episode of Think Again – a Big Think podcast, Nigerian-born novelist, essayist, and NYTimes photography critic Teju Cole and host Jason Gots discuss first drafts, the complexities of home, and the greatest innovation in human history.
David Miliband has said that the hardest way into the US is to enter as a refugee. Is he correct?
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New research reveals that people find those who use profanity more honest and trustworthy.
Hilarious examples that prove how correlation does not equal causality.
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Big Think’s podcast where experts discuss surprise topics outside of their comfort zones. This week, science writer Mary Roach on dark matter, philosophy, artificial intelligence and more.
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