Business legend Richard Branson describes ‘sustainability’ as “methods of power generation that help to preserve the Earth’s natural systems.” He calls on entrepreneurs to get involved.
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New online exchanges aim to turn computer capacity into a globally traded commodity. Already there’s a new crop of startup companies called “cloud brokerages.”
Psychologist and Author Dan Ariely says Zappos’ policy of offering potential customer service employees $3000 not to take the job is money well spent.
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By @jason_silva and @notthisbody Hybrid Reality Institute Fellow Jason Silva will be speaking at the Singularity Summit in New York on October 15th. Here is Jason’s latest video inspired by […]
When news hit the press that some tiny bits of matter traveled faster than light speed, scientists decried the results and the public erupted in speculation. Is that good science?
A new collection of case studies describes how cities can successfully implement “green infrastructure” to process rainwater in ways that make urban environments more habitable.
“There’s a reason why we are attracted to certain people,” says Michio Kaku. Evolution has slowed down, but it hasn’t stopped.
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Ray Kurzweil has developed six epochs for stages in the evolution of information.
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Stocks jumped on France and Germany’s pledge to solve the European banking crisis but German observers tell a different story. Banks are full of bankrupt government bonds, they say.
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf insists he knew nothing of Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts inside his country. Let’s hope he’s lying. The alternative would be much worse.
Metaphor is extremely powerful: By washing, people can remove a sense of immorality, unlucky feelings or doubt about a decision, say University of Michigan psychologists.
What should be done to Wall Street in the aftermath of the financial crisis? This question has lingered for some time, without much action being taken by Washington, until eventually […]
Penn Jillette answers Big Thinker Adam Lee’s question about how he reconciles two world views: his atheism with his libertarianism.
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Shawn O’Connor takes on the collective myth you have just a certain ability to get a certain number on this test and that that cannot be changed.
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To continue growing and maintain investor interest, Apple will look to overseas markets. For technological prowess, the company will rely on the management groomed by Steve Jobs.
In his Floating University lecture, Saul Levmore uses the housing bubble to describe TKTK
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In this selection from his Floating University lecture, Saul Levmore describes why economics is relevant. Sure, economics is about making money. But it’s really about human behavior in general, he […]
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The very nature of business school is at odds with the idea of creating tomorrow’s leaders, says Drew Hansen. M.B.A. students often lack the big picture as well as people skills.
The theme of Turkle’s indispensable book is in its title. It’s an old theme, originating, maybe, with the philosopher Rousseau. Technological progress is at the expense of personal virtue and the relational […]
Scientists have created a working cloaking device using sheets of carbon nanotubes which create the “mirage effect” observed in deserts or on long roads in the summer.
The man who changed the world: Apple founder Steve Jobs dies weeks after quitting as boss of firm he started in his garage. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg praises his “mentor and friend.”
At Big Think, we believe a video is worth a thousand words, especially in this case, when we are so very stunned by a life that was cut off so […]
Mourn for a day. Think Different for the rest of your life. That’s the only thing I can think of. I’m still speechless at the news that Steve Jobs has passed […]
A revolutionary spaceship that that travels at 2,200 miles per hours would allow vacationers to reach any destination in less than two hours. It could become a fixture in the skies.
Is Facebook again using a cookies that tracks users across different web properties and back to the Facebook site. Entrepreneur and hacker Nick Cubrilovic says yes and asks why.
