What is your question? - Big Think

Skip to content

Who's in the Video

Richard Melville Hall, a.k.a. Moby, is one of the most important dance music figures of the early '90s, helping bring the music to a mainstream audience both in England and[…]

What is your question?

▸

with

Sign up for the Smarter Faster newsletter

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Relax. Seriously.

MOBY: Why do you take yourself so seriously?

Up Next

Whom would you like to interview, and what would you ask?

▸

1 min

—

with

Related

Abstract collage showcasing two mirrored, sepia-toned portraits of an older man with wild hair and a mustache, surrounded by scientific equations on a patterned background. This piece invites viewers to ponder the right question amidst the chaos of creative thought.

Question: Are you asking the “right” questions?

Take it from Bezos, Musk, and Einstein — rethinking lines of inquiry can transform business, investing, and innovation strategy.

A large group of people with red hair gather outdoors, many wearing white clothing.

Starts With A Bang

The physics behind curly hair

Whether your hair is straight, wavy, curly, or kinky isn’t just genetic in nature. It depends on the physics of your hair’s very atoms.

Illustration of human evolution with silhouettes of ape to human walking against an abstract background with swirling red and white patterns.

A new spin on the “Stoned Ape Hypothesis”

The controversial theory about magic mushrooms and human evolution gets a much-needed update.

Two friends walking up outdoor stairs, holding books and smiling at each other, their camaraderie evident in every step.

The “friendship divide” explained: How your education affects your ability to connect

“The primary way that people make friends is through institutions.”

An older man with glasses writes on paper, superimposed on a graph with a wavy purple line on a black grid background, evoking the Hemingway effect.

The Learning Curve

Tap into the “Hemingway effect” to finish what you start

To maintain momentum and flow, the great novelist Ernest Hemingway didn’t burn himself out — but learned when to put his work down.