After 70 years, “The Power of Positive Thinking” remains incredibly popular, even though its critics find the book to be mostly fluff.
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The placebo effect is not the “power of positive thinking.” The fact that it is getting stronger is not a good development.
A growing body of research suggests that optimism plays a significant role in promoting both physical and mental well-being.
Historian Timothy Snyder talks with Big Think about how true liberty requires both negative and positive freedoms.
Meet the ‘brain coach’ who has found a way to flip negative thoughts and actions and use them for good We’re all assigned a label at some point in our […]
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In the 18th century, David Hume argued that we are only motivated to do good when our passions direct us to do so. Was he right?
No matter how good our measurement devices get, certain quantum properties always possess an inherent uncertainty. Can we figure out why?
Lord Kelvin is thought to have said there was nothing new to discover in physics. His real view was the opposite.
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A physicist, a psychologist, and a philosopher walk into a bar and discuss a framework for thinking better in the 21st century.
No matter how good our measurement devices get, certain quantum properties always possess an inherent uncertainty. Can we figure out why?
Leadership evasion might seem like a plan for workplace freedom but it isn’t a good thing — it’s a denial of opportunity.
Finding meaning isn’t just personally fulfilling — it’s critical to our brain’s development, explains USC neuroscientist.
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Finding life beyond our Solar System requires understanding its host planet.
In an environment of impressive IQs, emotional intelligence makes all the difference.
How to make sure our formative tendencies don’t derail us from being the great leaders we are trying to become.
Joe Betts-LaCroix — co-founder and CEO of Retro Biosciences — talks to Big Think about invention, authenticity, and Sam Altman’s “art of the startup.”
Executive coach Jodi Wellman explains how to “make it to the end with no regrets.”
Ways to move forward when you’re wrong and I’m right.
It’s high time owners learned to speak their dog’s language.
“Okay, dad, but GMOs help feed the world.”
Much like a muscle, providing effective feedback is an asset leaders can develop over time with focus, consistent effort and commitment.
Why most billionaires aren’t geniuses and most geniuses aren’t billionaires, explained by political scientist Brian Klaas.
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Meet the scientist mixing mentalism with principles from positive psychology and the science of human potential.
Why Bob Stiller — founder and former CEO of billion-dollar beverage company Green Mountain Coffee Roasters — believes shared learnings are a win-win.
In general relativity, matter and energy curve spacetime, which we experience as gravity. Why can’t there be an “antigravity” force?
Humans, when we consider space travel, recognize the need for gravity. Without our planet, is artificial or antigravity even possible?
If we wish to tackle the very real problems society faces, we require expert-level knowledge. Valuing it starts earlier than we realize.
New research is uncovering why we eat first with our expectations.
Astronomer Adam Frank reflects on some responses to his recent appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast.