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Keeping a secret is quite bad for you because it causes a lot of stress. 

There are multiple levels of "we" and multiple groups that can constitute this idea of who we are. We need to be aware of who we are including and excluding.

I don’t think mathematical models can do much to get us out of the mess that we’re in. 

The tools that philosophers use are also tools for everyday life. 

Stress at critical periods of development can be bad for the developing brain.

Picturing success will increase your optimism and increase your confidence, which will then help you out. 

If you didn’t work and you were an adult male in 1960 you were a bum and you were seen as a bum by everybody else in the neighborhood.  

It's beginning to seem pretty clear that CRC is, at least in part, a bacterial disease.

All technologies conspire to give ordinary people more information, more tools, more resources, more ways to connect with each other, more ways to influence conversations.

Gay lesbian teenagers, LGBT teenagers are lied to about what it is to be a gay or lesbian or bi or trans.

Mass manufacturing is absolutely here to stay, but 3D printing will have a subtle but significant long-term impact on the economy. 

We need to search for disconfirming evidence to correct mistakes. 

We have old genes that are well adapted to living in some previous environment that are constantly encountering new environments. 

Great strategists are willing to invest in the future. They’re patient, they’re willing to make harder calls.

How do you get a million and a half people to read a blog post on tax policy? Obama digital wunderkind Teddy Goff has a simple mantra: don't be lame. 

I assert that if you are depressed after learning and being exposed to the cosmic perspective, you started your day with an unjustifiably large ego.

A three-year project conducted by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds found that only one in five kids had a "realistic and achievable" connection with nature. Unsurprisingly, adults' attitudes may be to blame.

A report suggests that by 2030, nearly 325 million people could be living in the countries expected to be the most affected by natural hazards. In response, focus should be placed on disaster prevention, not just disaster relief.

Can computers learn the same way a children learns? Yes. We are starting to tap into the power of cognitive computing.

The Internet Pioneer generation loves advertising. They want advertising to be content. 

My prediction is, in a few decades, we will come to accept entities that are not biological as conscious. 

I wish I could sketch well because it turns out that so many ideas start with images. 

I was pretty disappointed to read a post from fellow Big Think blogger, Steven Mazie. The backlash has been substantial, he has already had to rehash. His post begins with […]

Why do we have some people who are very religious who look at the world and other people in very compassionate ways and we have other people who are very religious and they look at the world in very negative ways?

Particularly for people who are new to wine, the design of the label can affect both the bottle's ability to attract attention and the perceived flavor.

Your market is no longer a domestic market.  Your market is a global market. 

Family size is a much larger determinate of personality than the order of one’s birth. 

I think religious people can really help to bring the end of war about very rapidly if they embrace the tenants of their faith.

At the time of his arrest in 1995, Kevin Mitnick was the most wanted cyber criminal in the United States. The arrest marked the end of an intense two and a half year electronic manhunt, a game of cat and mouse that Mitnick likens to a video game. 

It’s your puzzle.  Do it any way you like.