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Michio Kaku and Peter Diamandis tackle the difference between the way our brains and machines compute, and how Artificial Intelligence will impact the future of the Web.
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As we contemplate the farthest reaches of where the Web is going, it is remarkable to consider how technical advances have already fundamentally altered our notions of privacy online.
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Malcolm Gladwell pours cold water on the promises of search technology, suggesting that new technologies are solving problems that don’t really exist.
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X-Prize Foundation Founder and Chairman Peter Diamandis and best-selling technology writer Nicholas Carr both speak to both the dreams and fears of what the web is becoming.
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Are we willing to take risks in order to bring about innovation? X-Prize Foundation’s Peter Diamandis and Chess Grandmaster Gary Kasparov weigh in on the state of innovation today.
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Jaron Lanier explores the question of whether there is a sustainable revenue model for online services.
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In this video from Al Jazeera English, foreign affairs specialist Michael Binyon explains how history and geography will influence future uprisings in the Middle East.
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Companies that will win at search are those that successfully deal with the problem of fixed costs, said Thiel in his keynote address at Big Think’s Farsight 2011 forum.
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The actor and Internet entrepreneur shares insights from his grandfather James Rouse’s career as a pioneering urban planner—insights that are relevant to all leaders.
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Twenty years into his acting career, Norton still feels like an “idiot” and a “fraud” whenever he begins a new project. This sensation is similar to what all innovators face, […]
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As we turn our lives into information property, technology poses fundamental threats to privacy, anonymity and freedom. Salim Ismail outlined these threats in his presentation at Big Think’s Farsight 2011 […]
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Whether search engines like Google and Bing make you stupider or smarter is largely up to you, explains psychiatrist Gary Small during Big Think’s Farsight 2011 event.
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Search is no longer the simple act of typing words into a text box. New user interfaces and mobile devices are expanding the web into all aspects of daily life, […]
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When asking for a raise, you should strike a balance between yes man and “flame chaser.”
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The “CEO Whisperer” discusses some of the most common leadership mistakes and offers strategies to avoid them.
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As leadership teams become more globally distributed, CEOs need to be more creative in the ways they foster a sense of unity and cohesion among them.
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In our age of social media, CEOs should have a two-way dialogue with their broader constituencies.
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CEOs must walk a fine line while doing business in China—where the opportunities are massive but the room for error is small. One wrong move, and you can be effectively […]
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The global financial crisis and the Internet have transformed the relationship between business and stakeholder. The CEO Whisperer offers his advice on how to navigate through this brave new world.
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Business leaders can no longer focus exclusively within the bubble of their company’s ecosystem; they must think about their global footprint, something that business schools don’t teach.
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Matt Cutts, Principal Engineer at Google, accuses Bing of using Google data to improve its search results. Dr. Harry Shum, Corporate VP of Core Search Development at Microsoft, claims Bing […]
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At Big Think’s search event in San Francisco, panelists and presenters talk about how new user interfaces and mobile devices are expanding the web into all aspects of daily life, […]
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Water is nearly free in much of the U.S. But is pricing water at a higher rate necessary to maintain and improve an aging, inefficient water system?
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Waste water is stigmatized, but it can actually be purified beyond the quality needed for drinking water. This makes it a viable solution to increasing water demands.
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Old municipal water systems can leak away between 30 and 60 percent of water before it even reaches consumers—making the need for an updated, smart system even more pressing.
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A conversation with the Chief Sustainability Officer of GE Power & Water.
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Each year the world’s most powerful leaders meet at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland to discuss how to remedy challenging and complex global issues. Yet this […]
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The innovative structure of giant church congregations like Saddleback Church in southern California provides a model that businesses can emulate.
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The co-founder of Field String Theory explains why the universe has 11 dimensions rather than any other number.
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Propelling a spaceship with photons would be like trying to energize a spaceship with a flashlight.
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