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The host of the Founders podcast joins Big Think for a chat about success, obsession, business genius, human nature, and more.
The Mayan calendar is revered for its impeccable accuracy. Now, a recent excavation in Guatemala reveals how the system developed over time.
Dozens of mummified cats were dug up this week. This isn't as shocking as you might think.
Bending, breaking, & blending: How humans remake the world. Neuroscientist David Eagleman on creativity.
A new paper suggests population size and migration explain the sudden bursts of innovation seen 50,000 years ago.
Sotheby’s will auction off 380 pieces from Bowie’s collection later this year. The collection is “eclectic, unscripted, [and] understated,” according to Sotheby’s European chairman Oliver Barker.
When David Bowie played Andy Warhol in the 1996 film Basquiat, he wore Warhol’s actual wig and glasses. Bowie met Warhol in his travels through the art world and even […]
A few weeks ago I highlighted some videos made by Michael Wesch and his students at Kansas State University. If you haven’t seen them, I encourage you to do so. […]
Michael Moore is in a class by himself when it comes to generating news attention, advance publicity, and box office for his documentary films. For example, when I was in […]
When we asked author and Vanity Fair columnist Michael Wolff what’s he thought the future held for Rupert Murdoch, he came right out with it: “The future for Rupert himself […]
The second week of Britain’s General Election campaign ended with many commentators – and even more voters – yawning and complaining that this is fast becoming the most boring General […]
Seldom are these conversations actually anti-racist.
Philosophers rarely change their minds. These thinkers did — often at social and professional cost.
To navigate a heavyweight corporate quandary, take a leaf out of Intel’s brilliant playbook — walk out, and return as your own successor.
With "Karla's Choice," Nick Harkaway had an impossible mission: maintain his father’s legacy while staying true to his voice.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Delirium is one of the most perplexing deathbed phenomena, exposing the gap between our cultural ideals of dying words and the reality of a disoriented mind.
Stockholm has been called a “unicorn factory” for its success with new businesses. A unique connection with sports philosophy helps explain why.
If humanity lives in an otherwise barren Universe, we'll have to forge philosophy that fills the void.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
In the year 2000, physicists created a list of the ten most important unsolved problems in their field. 25 years later, here's where we are.
Our Universe isn't just expanding, the expansion is accelerating. Instead of dark energy, could a "lumpy" Universe be at fault?
A CDC survey suggests America’s obesity rate may be falling.
What if the barrier to a fulfilled life isn’t technology but culture?
How many scientists does it take to ruin a good conspiracy?
Some biologists believe natural selection produces animals that are just good enough. Dawkins disagrees.
Meet the scientist mixing mentalism with principles from positive psychology and the science of human potential.
With the right prompts, large language models can produce quality writing — and make us question the limits of human creativity.
In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.