Go to https://brilliant.org/APERTURE to get a 30-day free trial + the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription. Every day, we’re fed a steady diet of falsehoods by corporations, governments, and sometimes even those with the best intentions. But what makes us fall for these lies, even […]
Our best guesses at the mystery of memory, with Lisa Genova Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► 4 ways to hack your memory https://youtu.be/SCsztDMGP7o Every time we learn something new, our brain changes. There are four basic steps in creating a memory: encoding, consolidation, storage, […]
Devil’s Advocate: Why worry about fascism? with Jason Stanley Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next: ►► The 10 tactics of fascism https://youtu.be/CpCKkWMbmXU Fascism is a very particular ideological structure. The first pillar is the Mythic Past. Then there’s Propaganda. Anti-intellectualism. Unreality. Hierarchy. Victimhood. Law and order. […]
How to master “natural” leadership, with Alisa Cohn Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► How leaders influence people to believe, with Michael Dowling https://youtu.be/_Kv2vz1MQNA Impostor syndrome is the feeling that you don’t belong somewhere — such as a prestigious school or high-performing job — because […]
The ugly psychology behind scapegoating, with Luke Burgis Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► How to learn from failure and quit the blame game | Alisa Cohn | Big Think https://youtu.be/BMRq38ECmFc Did you know that our desires are not entirely our own? Desires are imitated […]
We tend not to notice small changes in our lives because they have a negligible immediate impact. If we’re out of shape today, we’ll still be out of shape tomorrow. We won’t gain weight overnight from eating pizza. Or lose weight overnight from walking for an hour. But these choices […]
Collective illusions lie to us. Here’s what they are, with Todd Rose Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► How to find fulfillment: Lessons from ‘dark horse’ success https://youtu.be/uhKlA4JjZvI “Collective illusions” is a situation where most people in a group go along with an opinion they […]
How to defeat debaters who deal in distractions, according to two-time world debate champion Bo Seo. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Harvard negotiator explains how to argue ► https://youtu.be/IDj1OBG5Tpw Bo Seo, a two-time world debate champion, watched the 2016 presidential debates between Donald Trump and […]
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Is technology melting your memory? Or helping it?, with Lisa Genova Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► 4 ways to hack your memory https://youtu.be/SCsztDMGP7o Technology is a double-edged sword. There is a common belief that smartphones are hurting our memory, but this isn’t entirely true. […]
