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I always chuckle at the old joke about the dyslexic atheist holding up a sign saying, “There is no Dog!” Whenever talk turns to revelations and apocalypses, we all seem […]
“I’ll be your mirror,” The Velvet Underground sang in the song of the same name, “Reflect what you are, in case you don’t know.” In The Moment of Caravaggio, Michael […]
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This class explores the complexities of ego and leadership through lessons from figures like Daedalus and Icarus, emphasizing self-awareness, humility, and the cultivation of charisma, while offering practical strategies for effective leadership transitions and fostering genuine connections within teams.
In "After the Spike," Dean Spears and Michael Geruso show why policy, rather than high population density, has the most significant impact on the environment.
John Green opens up about his struggle to remain hopeful while writing about suffering and injustice.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
“Could you create a god?” Nietzsche's titular character asks in "Thus Spoke Zarathustra."
Man seeking meaningful relationship at the intersection of on-demand empathy and Rule 34.
Why would someone who has spent their entire career following orders become a great leader overnight?
Why human attempts to mechanize logic keep breaking down.
Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, "precrastination," and Westeros lore.
The design was as intricate as that of modern-day, factory-fabricated denim jeans, and just as durable. The ancients had fashion.
Rather than sending serial killer art to auctions, it should be sent to abnormal psychologists for research.
"In order to seek truth," Rene Descartes once wrote, "it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, all things."
Instead of giving the 239 suffering families and the public a true story, Netflix exploited a horrifying tragedy to push conspiracy theories.
The "Clovis First" hypothesis for human settlement of North and South America has just been debunked. Where do we go from here?
A computer that could decidedly pass Alan Turing's test would represent a major step toward artificial general intelligence.
In his new book, "Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy," former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang explores how media narratives can warp public perception of political candidates.
Historians know how military technologies evolved, but the reasons why remain poorly understood.
The risk of dying basically flattens after age 110.
This everyday electrical phenomenon had no widely accepted scientific explanation — perhaps, until now.
Can passenger airships make a triumphantly 'green' comeback?
Pandemic rumors and information overload make separating fact from fancy difficult, putting people's health and lives at risk.
The world's most isolated inhabited island also has some of the world's strangest toponyms.
Clinical studies are underway. How we treat them moving forward matters.
Simply getting into grad school isn’t enough. The answers to these three questions can make all the difference. It’s time. You’ve done all your research into schools, completed your undergraduate […]
The dream of space travel has been usurped by superficiality.
Key performance indicators, KPIs, are not new: It’s said that way back in the third century, China’s Wei dynasty began using them to rate the behavior of members of the […]