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Susan Stautberg founded the group WomenCorporateDirectors with the aim of putting more women on corporate boards globally.
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Fashion guru Simon Doonan says Mark Zuckerberg’s personal style, “or rather lack of personal style, is very defining,” but also “very anti-fashion.” Doonan’s advice? “Go out and buy yourself a […]
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The filmmaker and futurist explains his belief in the self-reinforcing power of optimism and the exploration of ways to co-author our emotional experience.
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Author and Journalist Jeff Jarvis warns against the tendency to view new technology as a threat, arguing that this stance cedes power to regulators and corporations that may not have […]
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The journalist and author believes that the extent to which technology benefits humanity is up to us, its users.
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Why are some Americans so strongly opposed to gay marriage? Henry Rollins is convinced that not so many people are actually opposed. Instead he sees it as a fundraising tool for small fringe groups.
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Originally recorded May 7, 2012.
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What should Democrats compromise on this year? Absolutely nothing, says Van Jones.
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The political philosopher and Harvard professor on the limits of the free market.
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Artist Jonathan Harris describes four trends that are reshaping culture in the digital age: Compression, Disposability, Curation, and Self-Promotion, and takes steps to counteract them.
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This interview was broadcast live at bigthink.com at 3:30 PM on Thursday, April 26, 2012.
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We explore our environment more than we are compelled to utter poetry when we’re toddlers, says Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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We know the fact that China’s economy today is about 40 percent the size of the US. But such has been the fear here of rising China and the fact […]
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We’ve been looking for consciousness in all the wrong places.
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Bryan Sykes is the author of DNA USA, which documents his journey across America, Easy Rider style, as he describes it, to record a genetic portrait of the nation.
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We’re understanding that for the first time that diseases and the names we give things may not be that important anymore, that symptoms are emerging from this complex adaptive system […]
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“Technology-loving comedian from the future” Baratunde Thurston says that in an economy of information abundance, you don’t have to feel obligated to pay attention to it all.
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What conditions are scientists looking for in their search for life on another planet? The presence of water is key, says Bill Nye.
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Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet, says that the term “information overload” is misleading. We should talk instead, he suggests, about “information obesity,” and take responsibility as consumers for […]
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Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet, says you can’t rely on “the media” or the internet to control your information consumption. Here he suggests a few pieces of software […]
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James Lawrence Powell says he is speaking out about the threats of global warming because “I want my grandchildren to be able to say, ‘What did Grandpa do?’ Well, he […]
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Mark Hyman says that self-care is the key to being a healthy human today. In fact, he says, eighty percent of health conditions can be solved without a physician. The […]
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Is technology humanizing? For Peter Diamandis the answer is a resounding yes. “We’re living as emperors and kings would have lived 100 years ago and we take it for granted,” […]
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Van Jones told The New York Times that Glenn Beck pushed him out of a job and his advocacy organization pushed Beck out of one. “Now we’re both irrelevant!” he […]
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Jonah Lehrer speaks with Big Think’s Jason Gots about creativity and education.
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