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Throughout history, the ability to tell increasingly believable stories has become available to more people. Kevin Ashton says that’s a blessing and a curse.
What’s in a number? Only a vanishingly small slice of your life, it turns out.
In "That Book Is Dangerous," author Adam Szetela examines the rise of the “Sensitivity Era” in publishing and how outrage campaigns try to control what books authors can write and readers can read.
You might love your leadership role and inspire fierce loyalty — but what if that comes at the expense of a disastrous balance sheet? Here’s a way forward.
In "Raising AI," De Kai argues that today's AIs are already more like us than we think they are.
Nurture your passions instead.
We manipulate constantly — but few of us want to be called “manipulative.” Here, ex-Google executive Jenny Wood redefines an unfairly maligned trait.
The road to “uncaged leadership” means reimagining your professional identity and value. Here’s how.
"Okay, dad, but GMOs help feed the world."
Take it from Bezos, Musk, and Einstein — rethinking lines of inquiry can transform business, investing, and innovation strategy.
In his latest book, Malcolm Gladwell explores a strange phenomenon of group dynamics.
After almost a century in print, "How to Win Friends and Influence People" still has lessons to teach us.
Happiness is not a five-star holiday. It's often the result of struggle — and asking for help, as author Stephanie Harrison recently told Big Think.
Bertrand Russell shows us how to recognize emotional arguments smuggled into presumed statements of fact.
About three out of every four people arrested in the U.S. are men. That rate is similar across the world.
Wherever businesses are a powerful force for society, successful leaders embrace the “mission mindset” of shared purpose.
Over a third are worried that vaccines can cause "canine autism."
Six hundred years in the history of trousers.
Uncovering the ideology of "Karens" and "Kens."
You’ve probably noticed that most retailers use prices ending in 99. That’s intentional.
Million Stories
There are several different types of learner engagement, from emotional to cognitive. Here's how to improve each.
We bring multifaceted selves to our interactions, and in these interactions co-create each other again and again.
As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “If you want to test a man’s character, give him power and a plate of cookies.” (Something like that.)
Research shows that spending more time on social media is associated with body image issues in boys and young men.
The danger posed by conversational AI isn't that it can say weird or dark things; it's personalized manipulation for nefarious purposes.
Some experiences continue to pay dividends time and time again.
Million Stories
The findings contradict a widespread belief.
By exposing people to small doses of misinformation and encouraging them to develop resistance strategies, "prebunking" can fight fake news.
Does donating relieve that anxiety? Or make it worse?
The "attention economy" corrupts science.