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The British economic anthropologist Jason Hickel proposes “degrowth” in the face of recession.

Jason Silva will be discussing technology, philosophy, creativity, the human condition, and what it means to be alive.

How can we humans, who fear death so greatly, ever hope to defeat our existential malaise? According to Jason Silva, it is “by creating beauty and order and complexity.”

Jason Epstein thought of Amazon before Jeff Bezos. Or at least, he understood the concept: the necessity, and power, of making the world’s backlist available at all times. Epstein’s uniquely […]

Spotify’s Co-President, CPO and CTO chats with Big Think about the science of discovery, Swedish innovation, C-suite podcasting, and more.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

MIT Scientist Jason Soderblom describes how the NASA mission will study the geology and composition of the surface of Jupiter’s water-rich moon and assess its astrobiological potential.

Man seeking meaningful relationship at the intersection of on-demand empathy and Rule 34.

The electoral reform also known as instant-runoff voting promises bridge-building and broad appeal instead of culture war and gridlock.

The writer’s tragic death at age 46 has led many to view him as a tortured artist. Here’s why this label is reductive.

These startups, space agencies, and aerospace giants are building humanity’s next off-world homes.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle.

From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity’s journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency.

9 minutes of cruel history may cure the anti-progress delusion.

The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency.

How (not) to end up in the ash heap of history.

Sometimes you just want to hear, “I know what it’s like.”

“Dune: Part One” screenwriter Eric Roth spoke with Big Think about the challenges of bringing Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic to the big screen.

Parents will sometimes use children as weapons in their relationship battles — and the fallout can be devastating.

We all have a place in our lives where we look the other way and pretend everything is fine. It’s a built-in excuse to act selfishly.

Grief never ends. There is no closure, but there are things we can do to mitigate the feeling of loss.

Intelligence is not fixed but fluid. A growth mindset allows our brains to flourish while lowering our stress levels.

Jules Verne wrote about gasoline-powered vehicles, weapons of mass destruction, and global warming more than a century ago.

The state of global democracy is relatively strong — but there are clear signs of recent erosion.

According to Peter Ward’s “Medea hypothesis,” photosynthesizing organisms regularly doom most life on Earth by over-consuming carbon dioxide.

Fear of being scammed can lead us to make decisions that go against our values and goals — both as individuals and as a society.

A conversation with an advanced alien species is likely to be simple and to take 1,000 years. It might also be dangerous.