A tour of the literary cover-ups, extraterrestrials, and cryptids lurking in the bookish backwoods.
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Features & Reviews
“Our ultimate goal, after all, is not a good death but a good life to the very end.”
Scotty Hendricks is a graduate student and long-time contributor to Big Think. He resides in Chicago.
The great books aren’t just classics — they’re cultural Schelling points that give our minds a place to meet up in the world of ideas.
Daniel Greco is a professor of philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of Idealization in Epistemology: A Modest Modeling Approach (Oxford University Press) and has published widely in[…]
Reading classic books can teach you as much about the present as the past.
Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and[…]
Interviews
Bryan Washington, author of “Palaver,” reflects on how moving to Japan and learning a new language shaped his writing.
Tim Brinkhof is a Dutch-born, New York-based journalist reporting on art, history, and literature. He studied early Netherlandish painting and Slavic literature at New York University, worked as an editorial[…]
In “Rewiring Democracy,” Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders explore how AI could strengthen democracy or undermine it.
Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and[…]
Researcher and Google CTO Blaise Agüera y Arcas joins us to discuss his new book, “What Is Intelligence?”
Tim Brinkhof is a Dutch-born, New York-based journalist reporting on art, history, and literature. He studied early Netherlandish painting and Slavic literature at New York University, worked as an editorial[…]
Wordcraft
The Japanese practice of “tsundoku” bestows joy and lasting benefits to those who make books an important part of their lives.
Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and[…]
A thesaurus isn’t for finding fancy words; it’s a resource to help you keep your rhythm.
Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and[…]
In “Enough Is Enuf,” Gabe Henry traces the history of simplified spelling movements and the lessons they teach us about language.
Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and[…]
Next Reads
Robotaxis can transform cities by improving mobile efficiency, equity, and safety — if cities adopt policies that prioritize the public good.
Bern Grush is the executive director of the Urban Robotics Foundation and project lead for ISO 4448, a technical standard for public-area mobile robots. With over four decades of experience[…]
In this excerpt from “The Hypocrisy Trap,” Michael Hallsworth explains why accusations of hypocrisy don’t always damage credibility.
Michael Hallsworth is a leading figure in applying behavioral science to real-world challenges. For the last 20 years, he has been an adviser to governments around the world. The co-author[…]
In this excerpt from “Strange Stability,” Benjamin Wilson explores how the concept of “deterrence” went from explaining criminal behavior to becoming a nuclear strategy.
Benjamin Wilson is associate professor of history of science at Harvard University. He earned his PhD in history of science from MIT and received master’s degrees in physics from Yale[…]