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There’s a big difference between being smart and being wise, and also being intelligent, frankly, says futurist Edie Weiner.
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Donald Rumsfeld reflects on his over 50 year career in public service with Big Think — the highs and the lows, the challenges and the triumphs. From his call to […]
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We don't really want what we think we desire, says philosopher Slavoj Žižek.
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The question as to whether or not we are hardwired for religion and spirituality is an important one, says pioneering neuroscientist Andrew Newberg. “When we look at how the brain […]
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Internet policy expert Rebecca MacKinnon discusses the social possibilities and challenges presented by new digital technologies.
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Former IOSCO chairperson Jane Diplock explains why gender diversity in corporate leadership is profitable.
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Andrew Cohen says narcissism is a culturally conditioned epidemic. How is it harmful and how can we break out of it?
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We’ve all noticed it – on television and the social web, an increase in politically partisan polemic and cultural isolationism. This “us vs. them” mentality doesn’t reflect the best of […]
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Call it art, experimental philosophy, theater, or what you will – Jonathan Keats plays the fool as a kind of public protest against the ever-present danger of taking ourselves and […]
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Anthony Scaramucci shares his views on who young people should look to as a role model on Wall Street today.
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Jonathan Pryce talks to Big Think’s Jason Gots about Hollywood, King Lear, his distaste for Margaret Thatcher and why British actors always get cast as bad guys in American movies.
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Our anxiety about information overload is unwarranted, says James Gleick, even in the digital age. The internet will cause a readjustment in the way we think, but so did the […]
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This interview was originally broadcast live on bigthink.com on May 3, 2012. Newberg is a pioneer in the neuroscientific study of religious and spiritual experiences, or neurotheology. Here he discusses […]
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Slavoj Zizek answers the question, “Do you think science has replaced philosophy in discovering the bigger questions of life?” Philosophy is not dying, he says — in fact, we need […]
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Ed Conard is Mitt Romney’s former partner at Bain Capital and the author of the provocative new book entitle Unintended Consequences, which argues that economic inequality is a sign that […]
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Ashley Madison founder Noel Biderman says that “through an affair, through a liaison, and even to some degree through the use of pornography and other things, [married people] can find […]
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We’re entering a very interesting stage of human history right now where we can start importing technology to enhance our natural senses or perception of the world, says neuroscientist David […]
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On Friday, 5/18/12 – timed to coincide with Facebook’s 95 billion dollar IPO – a guerilla detachment of Big Think hit Wall and Broad Sts, NYC with “Initial Public Offering” […]
