Voltaire once wrote, “Perfect is the enemy of good.” This advice served him well over the course of his life — not being a slave to perfection enabled him to […]
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These products are sure to inspire anyone who loves the work of engineer and inventor, Nikola Tesla.
Flat Earth theory has enjoyed staying power since at least the 19th century despite being patently untrue. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the late Carl Sagan, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and other big thinkers will show you how to disprove this bad idea, all without having to take a journey into space.
Notice anything different? The biggest ideas of the 21st century just got a makeover.
A gift guide of the hottest educational toys for your budding scientist, engineer, or mathematician.
Keith Whittington, Professor of Politics at Princeton University, breaks down three key free speech arguments by John Stuart Mill.
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The worlds of sports and technology collide for a good international chuckle.
The Oxfam report prompted Anand Giridharadas to tweet: "Don't be Pinkered into everything's-getting-better complacency."
Existential dread, meet astronomical wonder.
Ever wanted to ask a NASA astronomer a question? Michelle Thaller is Big Think's resident space pro, and she is taking questions right now!
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It turns out big ideas don't always fit in sign-sized slogans.
Biographies, treatises and stories on the occult and its strange cast of characters.
We know he is on the left, but why? And how left is left anyhow?
The recent debate between Slavoj Zizek and Jordan Peterson lived up to the hype.
We've been conditioned to believe that music taste is based on personal preference. But it might just be a lot more complex than that.
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Disagreements are inevitable — we all have different experiences that lead us to be who we are and to what we believe. Almost as inevitable are distrust, suspicion, and even […]
The next gold rush won't be in the hills of California. It'll be in space. There's gold in them thar skies!
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Glenn Albrecht has ideas about how to cope with the effects of a changing world: Invent a new language.
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The Canadian professor takes issue with blocking free speech, but is he part of the problem?
Stephen Fry announces that he’s had surgery for prostate cancer nine the most Stephen-Fry way possible.
“BIG THINK CHALLENGES COMMON SENSE ASSUMPTIONS AND GIVES PEOPLE PERMISSION TO THINK IN NEW WAYS” – Big Think subscriber Actionable lessons from the world’s greatest thinkers and doersmake the Big […]
Contrary to what we've been told for decades, depression isn't coming from inside our heads. This author and big thinker tells us that it's coming much more from the society we live in.
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Is coolness wearing a leather jacket and slicking your hair back? Or is it "a measured rebellion" within established boundaries? One big thinker tells us that being "cool" is sort of like a cult, at least from a sociological standpoint.
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Building Big Think from little more than an idea to 30 million monthly visitors, co-founder Victoria Rachel Montgomery-Brown knows something about being an entrepreneur. Her idea, together with co-founder Peter […]