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Take it from Bezos, Musk, and Einstein — rethinking lines of inquiry can transform business, investing, and innovation strategy.
Big Think talks to Konrad Feldman — founder of advertising tech innovator Quantcast.
Dinosaurs and other beasts were once thought to be the “undisputed masters” of Venus.
Big Think guest writer Rory Stewart — former UK Secretary of State for International Development and co-host of The Rest Is Politics podcast — made a profound discovery about leadership while working with GiveDirectly.
Without the time to mentally disengage from work, people can slip into burnout.
The Industrial Revolution changed music forever, thanks to a combination of technological advances and clever entrepreneurs.
Digital analyses of Enlightenment-era letters are teaching us a thing or two about Locke, Voltaire, and others.
Its creators hope the technology will help people meaningfully connect with the external world.
“We are not our grandparents. It’s time to start thinking differently,” journalist Annie Jacobsen told Big Think.
Whole Foods Market founding CEO John Mackey synthesized the counterculture with capitalism and drove a food revolution.
The threats Mars astronauts face — and how NASA is working to solve them.
Just a small gesture or a thoughtful comment can often alter a situation, or people’s perceptions of it, in ways that relieve tensions and make them feel appreciated and included.
The annual rite of passage has always been more about the ambivalence of adults than the amusement of children.
Big Think recently spoke with sleep psychologist Dr. Jade Wu about the surprising consequences of forgoing sleep.
Biology plays an important role in emotional reactions, but neuroscientist Kristen A. Lindquist posits that our culture is just as influential.
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The most celebrated genius in human history didn’t just revolutionize physics, but taught many valuable lessons about living a better life.
Prolonged and repetitive tasks rewire us in profound ways – which can be a force for good at work.
“Burke’s the butcher, Hare’s the thief, and Knox the man who buys the beef.” Read the story of 19th-century Scotland’s corpse dealers.
You can’t throw a DART at everything in space.
By the end, even his mom wanted him gone.
When Star Trek’s Captain Picard and The Office’s Dwight Schrute channel philosopher Karl Jaspers, we can all benefit.
Is there a force keeping humanity in check?
Cal Newport explains how you and your teams can accomplish more while improving quality and supercharging workplace morale.
Former spacewalker Mike Massimino tells Big Think how NASA missions shaped great leaders.
A-list lessons for better work-life collaboration — direct from the movie set.
As with any “big idea” progress means a lot of different things to different people and not everyone comes into the discussion with the same priors. Some experts are primarily focused on material progress while others emphasize the importance of moral progress. So to start the discussion, we asked each expert to define the term as they see it from their specific vantage point.
Studies claiming to reveal strategies for feeling happy get a second look.