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In this introductory clip, Arianna Huffington discusses the importance of leading a well-balanced life. Huffington is the author of Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder. Her five-part masterclass, Learning How to Thrive, is available exclusively on Big Think+.

If you have to say “never forget,” you’ve probably already forgotten.

“All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak — and speak in such a way that people will remember it.”

Happy Birthday To The Person Who Literally Brought Us The Entire Universe “Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.” –Edwin Hubble As […]

For songwriter and a scientist alike, the delight is in peering into the unknown, reaching in, and pulling some strange, new thing out of the darkness.

The value locked away inside asteroids is enough to raise the world economic ceiling to unbelievable heights.

Chris Anderson, curator of TED Talks, explains how the plummeting price of bandwidth about a decade ago opened opportunities for new innovation to grow.

The single best way for businesses to remain vital is to cultivate the people that power them.

Most likely not, though Bill’s not ruling it out completely.

Shell has permission to drill off the coast of Alaska, but other oil companies are warning of potentially harmful long-term consequences.

Researchers delve into Facebook, looking into what our status updates say about our personalities.

If Scrooge gave away just a few pennies, he would suffer a big loss of well-being; for Mother Teresa to suffer a comparable loss she would have to give until she were nearly penniless.

In case you missed it from earlier this week, Walter Isaacson visited Big Think to discuss the inextricable link between new technologies and creative communities built around them.

Exclusion and a lack of diversity are the breeding grounds for harassment. “There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in […]

Is it like that Corn God myth? Do you devour them? 

Are you Homo Curiosus or Homo Definitus? 

Irritation is a powerful force. It has the whiff of righteousness. 

“You get more joy out of the giving to others, and should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give.”

See it over the coming six weeks, before it disappears and heads out of the Solar System forever. “I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and […]

Writing is a recent innovation in the history of human evolution. So, how then is it that our brains organize this skill?

Let’s first cut carbon emissions that don’t make positive returns on human happiness.

Showing dominance in a negotiation seems like a sure-fire way to win, but a new study challenges that notion. 

The CEO of Crowdfunder discusses disruption of the early stage finance process by way of exponential technology while also explaining the benefits of helping young entrepreneurs compete at scale.

As Sesame Street Head Writer Joey Mazzarino notes, every parent should have a puppet. It’s important for moms and dads to be unafraid of sometimes being silly.

Hawking’s greatest achievement is also the greatest source of misunderstanding. “Maybe that is our mistake: maybe there are no particle positions and velocities, but only waves. It is just that […]

Actress and comedian Maysoon Zayid, who lives with cerebral palsy, says that the disabled are the largest minority group in the world, and the only one you can join at any time.

An autonomous 18-wheeler has been given a license to drive the long stretches of open road that crisscross Nevada.

If you wondered why Missy Elliot performed at this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, it may be because the NFL knew something about the musical tastes of its fan base, average age 44.

It’s a well-oiled machine with a mission to better search, maps, and Android.

Even the cosmic home where our Solar System resides will someday meet it’s demise. But how? “Unless one says goodbye to what one loves, and unless one travels to completely new […]