Videos

60 is the new 30, says Melanie Katzman. Embrace your age and the benefits that come with it.

The best leaders don’t project perfection. Peter Fuda explains why.

Evolution steered humans toward pair bonding to ensure the survival of genes. But humans tend to get restless.

The actor’s greatest heroes exhibited humility in their actions, a view he tries to emulate.

Tips on telling human stories that audiences want to hear from start to finish.

The desperate search for a narrative opens the door to the wonders of magic.

Love triggers the same regions of your brain as cocaine addiction.

The key to changing hearts and minds for a better world? Lead with love, says Senator Cory Booker.

When you simplify history, you obliterate the truth, says Ethan Hawke.

Change is coming, but not from the generation that currently holds positions of power.

These needles in the vast galactic haystack take more effort to find, but they help piece together our origins.

Can our bodies tell the difference between recorded violence and real life danger?

Film critic A.O. Scott on how to be more constructive in your criticisms.

What a group of orphaned elephants can teach us about emotion and learned social skills.

What is the hive mind? Turns out there are antisocial and prosocial dimensions to it.

There are several levels of comedy plagiarism, says Paul F. Tompkins.

What areas of the brain are activated when you feel a cosmic connection with someone?

What’s key to successfully expanding your team? A leader who can hire smarter, not faster.

More than ever before, we’re aware of the tragedy and suffering that goes on in the world. But does that mean we can do more about it?

We have arrived: Big Think’s most popular video of 2019 tells us light exists outside of time.

Next up on the countdown at #2, the world’s next superpower might just resurrect the Middle Ages.

Third on the Big Think 2019 countdown reveals this is what the world will be like if we do not act on climate change.

Taking the fourth spot on Big Think’s 2019 top 10 countdown is the question: Evolutionarily speaking, is being gay still something of an enigma?

Next on Big Think’s 2019 top 10 countdown, black holes may give us a glimpse of the underlying nature of reality.

Next up on the top 10 countdown, Big Think’s sixth most popular video illustrates the mental fireworks of a psychedelic experience.

Continuing the countdown, Big Think’s seventh most popular video of 2019 explains why universal basic income will hurt the 99%, and make the 1% even richer.

Big Think’s eighth most popular video of the year reveals what the real future of war could look like.

The countdown continues! In this video, comedian Pete Holmes likens depression to quicksand and provides a method to help you cope and with it.

The countdown is on for our top 10 videos of the year! Want to be smarter than you were yesterday? This video will teach you to have better conversations using 3 key design principles.

You cannot live on steak and avocados alone, says Jillian Michaels, in this divisive video.