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The ego-clashes we tend to excuse among high-achievers are dangerously counterproductive when it comes to advancing human knowledge.
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Julia Galef provides a fix for the “the commitment effect,” the condition of sticking with a business plan or a career or a relationship “long after it has become quite […]
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It’s very complex as to whether or not we really want to catch a liar. We think we do. What if we find out that both of our presidential candidates […]
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Steve Carlotti, CEO of The Cambridge Group, says Apple’s success is due to the company’s ability to uncover latent demand.
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We may not yet possess those cool transparent computers they have on CSI, but we live in a science fiction fantasy world of seamless information exchange, one in which even […]
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English is the dominant inter-language of the world and it is used and spoken by vastly more people than those who have it as their first or family language. How long will this last?
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Does your theory about what may have happened in a situation in some way determine the kind of evidence that you look for and the kind of evidence that you […]
Guy Kawasaki reflects on how he got his foot in the door at Macintosh because of who he knew, not because of his skill set. Nonetheless, this led to a […]
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Michio Kaku says this brain-to-brain communication would involve not just the exchange of information, but also the transmission of emotions and feelings, “because these are also part of the fabric […]
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Relax, says Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit. You can’t beat your Facebook addiction into submission – so schedule it into your work day.
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While strife is bound to happen between different religious communities, there is no occasion to apologize. Alain de Botton says it’s awkward to apologize, after all. “This could lead to […]
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The assistant managing editor of Fortune Magazine’s “40 Under 40” rankings offers up 3 tips to women who want to accelerate their careers.
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Comedian Margaret Cho shares the story of the best mentor she ever had.
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Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt tells Big Think that Shakespeare inhabited a world in which “it’s much more possible to express homosexual passion and inact that passion without triggering a social […]
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Educational historian Diane Ravitch explains why NCLB has failed, and what we can do about it.
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The legendary punk rocker offers some advice to today’s youth.