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Big Think recently spoke with Nick Bostrom about how humans might find fulfillment in a post-scarcity world.

“All the plausible paths to a really great future, involve the development of machine superintelligence at some point.”

Voltaire once wrote, “Perfect is the enemy of good.” This advice served him well over the course of his life — not being a slave to perfection enabled him to […]

Is The Goblin’s orbit a breadcrumb leading us to Planet X?

“Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. #JustDoIt”

It now moves to a full hearing in front of the arbitrator.

NASA and SETI invite the public to nickname a small icy world, or pair of worlds, in the distant Kuiper Belt ahead of a New Horizons 2019 flyby.

Gulp. Is that you, Santa?

The High Fidelity and Fever Pitch author recently told Cheltenham Festival attendees that no one should have to pridefully trudge through highbrow novels or force children to labor through books they find boring. Doing so sets a bad precedent.

The hacker Kevin Mitnick says he treated his fugitive status like a big video game.

Choking is honorable failure and panicking is dishonorable failure. It’s important to maintain a line between those two things. 

In this clip from our recent interview, Kevin recalls an incident back in 1981 when he was seventeen: He and a phone-phreaker buddy decide to sneak into Pacific Telephone’s central […]

At the time of his arrest by the FBI in 1995, Kevin Mitnick was the most wanted hacker in America. Today Kevin continues his hacking adventures legally, as a computer security expert.

In a previous post, we asked you who you want to see featured on video at Big Think. The response was overwhelming to say the least. From UAW President Bob […]

He is charismatic. He is attractive. And perhaps his best weapon is an apparent agnosticism when it comes to the Money/Power manna of classic media moguls. Denton is a mogul, […]

Nick Bilton‘s I Live in the Future & Here’s How it Works (Crown/Random House) has just been released. It’s a contemporary memoir of the New York Times tech correspondent and […]

“Nick Cave’s most recent band has just released a second record strong enough to make ‘side project’ seem like an inaccurate description.” The New Yorker reviews the album and the man.

“Who is Nick Clegg?” I hear you ask? Well, actually I don’t really hear many of you asking at all. And you may be forgiven. Until a week ago he […]

A conversation with the editor of The New Yorker.

David Remnick appeared on Meet the Press yesterdayto discuss his book on Obama. Among other things, he noted how careful the President is in understanding the need for nuance when […]

Irish avant-garde artist, Guggi, came by Big Think today.  He spoke to us about growing up in Catholic Ireland in a Christian Fundamentalist household, his childhood influences, his art and […]

Roll International Co-Chair Lynda Resnick on the death and rebirth of journalism.

Roll International Co-Chair Lynda Resnick explains how she uses new media to connect with customers.

Roll International Co-Chair Lynda Resnick talks about ways to stay nimble in an ever-changing world and how to find and retain the best talent.

Roll International Co-Chair Lynda Resnick on the secrets to effective advertising.

Lynda Resnick was only 19 years old when she founded a full-service advertising agency and is now the co-chairman of Roll International, the parent company of such lovable brands as […]

Although skeptics say the signs of optimism in the commodities markets could evaporate just a quickly as they appear, gold, tin, and corn are one of the few market sectors […]

Writing about her addiction prompted Rachel Resnick to seek help.

Rachel Resnick says it is important to be respectful of a child’s maturity level when informing her about sex.

Abstaining from sex for more than two years was an essential step for Rachel Resnick in coping with her addiction.