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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Your BS detector might not be as accurate as you think.
49mins
"We try to stick to routines and we try to go through very long lists of tasks, often ignoring our mental health in the process. There is a lot more to think about on a daily basis, but our brains haven't evolved."
Einstein's general relativity has reigned supreme as our theory of gravity for over a century. Could we reduce it back down to Newton's law?
A fresh view of intelligence — spanning living systems from bacteria to human civilization — challenges the idea that it’s merely problem-solving.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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"Everything that we care about, everything we experience, everything we know, we know it through our conscious awareness of it."
Tech expert Peter Leyden argues that we have a historic opportunity to harness AI and other transformative technologies in order to make a much better world over the next 25 years.
When you enter someone's home, you learn how life is lived elsewhere.
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She was searching for perfection – until she discovered what she truly needed by letting go of what didn’t fit.
Unlikely Collaborators
These books helped build the empirical case that life's origins differ from those described in myths and legends.
Investor Guy Spier joins Big Think for a chat about the “Oracle of Omaha,” generative AI, what confuses him, and more.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Back in 1970, Sister Mary Jucunda wrote NASA, decrying large investments in science. A former Nazi's legendary response is still relevant.
Cognitive neuroscientist and AI researcher Christopher Summerfield explores the differences, and similarities, of how AI and humans make meaning of the world.
Buddhism has rules for slaying your enemies. But the real surprise is finding out who your enemies actually are.
1hr 41mins
"We're awash in lies and misinformation to a degree that was not possible before we got the internet and in particular before we got social media."
There are some 26 fundamental constants in nature, and their values enable our Universe to exist as it does. But where do they come from?
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
We need more science fiction-inspired thinking in how we approach AI research, argues AI expert Gary Marcus.
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The New York Times bestselling author and founder of Going With Grace shares how close confrontations with death inspired her to change her life.
Unlikely Collaborators