Video Library
“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.”
Jonny Thomson taught philosophy in Oxford for more than a decade before turning to writing full-time. He’s a columnist at Big Think and is the award-winning, bestselling author of three[…]
▸
11 min
—
with
“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.”
▸
8 min
—
with
▸
4 min
—
with
▸
9 min
—
with
Popular
Can one equation unite all of physics?
▸
6 min
—
with
The symbol for love is the heart, but the brain may be more accurate.
▸
14 min
—
with
Can you imagine inviting a Navy SEAL to come live with you and your family? Not to worry, author Jesse Itzler has already gone there for you.
▸
4 min
—
with
Got drama in your life? Here’s how to recognize the high-conflict personality instigating it and avoid playing into their hands.
▸
5 min
—
with
Powerful branding can not only change how you feel about a company, it can actually change how your brain is wired.
▸
6 min
—
with
Why are rapture ideologies exploding?
▸
with
Jamie Wheal is the author of the global best-seller and Pulitzer Prize-nominated Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, Navy SEALs and Maverick Scientists are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work[…]
Learn from the world’s greatest thinkers
Explore our library of more than 2,000 interviews with some of the world’s best minds.
Explore our series
Check out our original series.
▸
11 min
—
with
▸
11 min
—
with
▸
10 min
—
with
▸
10 min
—
with
▸
75 min
—
with
▸
7 min
—
with
Money makes us do things we wish we didn’t, but why is that? Behavioral economists and neuroscientists decode psychological dynamics resulting from 25 million years of human evolution — all so you can make smarter financial decisions.
▸
6 min
—
with
▸
7 min
—
with
▸
7 min
—
with
▸
7 min
—
with
▸
6 min
—
with
▸
7 min
—
with
Curated Playlists
Explore our most popular collections of Big Think videos.
