Legends

9 episodes

Purposeful, passionate, and bold, these Big Think+ experts have made important contributions to human thought and to the history of ideas.

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Emotional intelligence: The 4 domains of high performance

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8 min

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Daniel Goleman

Generative AI is not the panacea we’ve been promised

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8 min

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with

Eric Siegel

12 traits emotionally intelligent people share (And why you can learn them)

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12 min

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with

Daniel Goleman

The 4 biggest ideas in philosophy, with legend Daniel Dennett

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12 min

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with

Daniel Dennett

From bullied to brilliant: How Temple Grandin embraces autism

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8 min

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Temple Grandin

How to future-proof your career

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9 min

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with

Chip Conley

How the body keeps the score of trauma

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with

Bessel van der Kolk

The “alpha male” myth, debunked

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7 min

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with

Frans de Waal

Berkeley professor explains gender theory

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13 min

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with

Judith Butler

The philosophy of happiness, explained in 10 minutes

“If we’re to be happy at all, it has to be found outside of this notion of pleasure. We have to step beyond hedonia. But the problem is that we risk going too far.”

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11 min

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Jonny Thomson

Emotional intelligence: The 4 domains of high performance

“Self-awareness, it’s the least visible part of emotional intelligence, but we find in our research that people low in self-awareness are unable to develop strengths very well in other parts of emotional intelligence.”

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8 min

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Daniel Goleman

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Our population is aging, here’s how to care for it correctly

Americans are getting older, and so are traditional healthcare methods. CEO of Northwell Health Michael Dowling shares his take on how we can develop the best care for our elderly loved ones.

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4 min

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Michael Dowling

How your brain works in an emergency, in 9 minutes

“Humans, like most mammals, tend to shut down in really frightening situations for which they have no training or prior experience. Researchers call it negative panic. People do nothing. They shut down.”

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9 min

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Amanda Ripley

The basics of post-COVID monetary policy, explained by an economist

“Understanding more about monetary policy and the economic regime that you’re living under can help ease some of the fundamental uncertainties [that have been] prevalent since COVID, and help you make better decisions in your day-to-day life.”

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11 min

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with

Joseph Politano