Ray Kurzweil says set high standards and try to meet them, plus be your own worst critic

It’s not exactly the U.N. Security Council, but by every measure, it could be more cutthroat. If Hulu can bring together the mouse, the peacock, and Rupert Murdoch, is there […]

Senior research fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center, Houman Shabab, has some second thougts on Howard Sosin’s alternative plan to restructure banks in America. * Howard Sosin proposes a […]

Everyone knows that Didier Grossemy is the strongest digital evangelist of all when it comes to marketing communications. Yet one of the highest current hype in the market place is […]

Ideological differences between second and third-wave feminists.

So, here's a quick rundown of the waves of feminism as generally accepted. As with any history of an Idea, this is just one version of the story, but I think it is a useful structure through which to think about where we are and, from whence we've come.

An alternative to all current forms of government

At the age of 26, with no industry experience, Chip Conley transformed a seedy San Francisco motel into The Phoenix, a world-renowned “rock ‘n roll hotel” catering to celebrities from […]

Lynda Resnick was only 19 years old when she founded a full-service advertising agency and is now the co-chairman of Roll International, the parent company of such lovable brands as […]

Twitter… Twitter.. Twitter. When I receive an email announcing that my dad in Florida is following me on twitter, I know something’s up. He has no Facebook account. It was […]

Unsigned local bands and their taste in music.

Feeling down about your employment prospects? Don’t. It’s just as bad over at Harvard Business School. As of late April, only 81% of graduating students from the Harvard Business School […]

New Jersey high schooler Steven Castellano spoke with Big Think today on all things neuroscientific. His forte is brain science, but we wouldn’t let him leave without first telling us […]

Howard Sosin was the kind of Wall Street dealmaker who flourished in the footloose days of the mid-80s. As the founder of AIG Financial Products, he invented many of the […]

The son of the father of modern reggae rode his lion of Judah into the Big Think studio today, and it wasn’t too long after we sparked the chalice of […]

Ziggy Marley sends a shout out to his mother, the musician Rita Marley.

Ziggy Marley, the four time Grammy Award-winning musician and leader of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, is in the Big Think studio today promoting his new album […]

In Hollywood programming, rival brands can come together in a number of ways. There is the traditional cross-over cross-promotional episode. Think Flintstones meet the Jetsons or the Simpsons meet the […]

Ryan McGinness says the best advice he ever received was to never ask for permission to do anything.

Ryan McGinness in the footsteps of The Factory