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In "Life As No One Knows It," Sara Imari Walker explains why the key distinction between life and other kinds of "things" is how life uses information.
We can address the misalignment between the current leadership reality and traditional leadership practices with a simple formula.
So far, Earth is the only planet that we're certain possesses active life processes. Here's what we shouldn't assume about life elsewhere.
Dennis “Thresh” Fong talks to us about battling Elon Musk in Quake in the ‘90s, his undefeated record as a pro gamer, and using AI to detoxify gaming.
Some news is slow, some news is fast — and there are two simple techniques to help you filter both.
Famed activist Bayard Rustin constantly faced the dilemma of coordinating collective pursuits among diverse groups of people.
If philosophers really enjoy one thing, it’s a good debate — but not an argument.
The Universe isn't just expansion, but the expansion itself is accelerating. So why can't we feel it in any measurable way?
Religion is a product of, and not a source of, our evolutionary moral dispositions.
It's high time owners learned to speak their dog's language.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
No matter how good our measurement devices get, certain quantum properties always possess an inherent uncertainty. Can we figure out why?
In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.
"What modern science has taught us is that life is not a property of matter."
Life arose on Earth early on, eventually giving rise to us: intelligent and technologically advanced. "First contact" still remains elusive.
New research from Big Think+ shows that leaders crave more feedback on their leadership and management skills.
Evidence shows that “centaurs” — human–AI teaming — produce better performance than either people or software can achieve alone.
How “Catastrophe and Social Change” (1920) became the first systematic analysis of human behavior in a disaster.
If you think of the Big Bang as an explosion, we can trace it back to a single point-of-origin. But what if it happened everywhere at once?