Comedian Pete Holmes on depression and negative emotion New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Everyone’s experience with depression is different, but for comedian Pete Holmes the key to living with depression has been to observe his own […]
Lateral thinking: How to workshop innovative ideas New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- As we get older, the work we consistently do builds “rivers of thinking.” These give us a rich knowledge of a certain kind of […]
How to optimize your gut and brain bacteria New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink/youtube Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- The importance of the microbiome has really come to the fore in the last five years. Viome, a company that analyzed the feces of 100,000 people, has discovered 10,000 […]
How your immortal consciousness will travel the universe New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- In about 100 years, theoretical physicist Michio Kaku believes we’ll explore the universe as pure consciousness — traveling at the speed of light, […]
Michio Kaku: Feedback loops are creating consciousness New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- One of the great questions in all of science is where consciousness comes from. When it comes to consciousness, Kaku believes different species have […]
What factors shape a culture of innovation? New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- When workers are afraid to take risks, or do things differently, then the culture of an organization is hampered in its ability to incubate […]
Thanks to Cancer Research UK! http://www.cancerresearchuk.org Links to LEARN MORE and SOURCES are below. follow me: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce What is cancer? http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerandresearch/all-about-cancer/what-is-cancer/ http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/keyfacts/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallmarks_of_cancer Visualizing the prevention of cancer: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/causes/attributable-risk/visualisation/ 10 cancer MYTHS debunked: http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2014/03/24/dont-believe-the-hype-10-persistent-cancer-myths-debunked/ other cancer articles: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/02/deadliest_cancer_chart_shows_mortality_and_incidence_rates.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/sunday-review/why-everyone-seems-to-have-cancer.html?=ref=opinion&_r=6& http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/takeonestep/cancer/interviews-demetri.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-couzens/cancer-an-inevitable-stag_b_4558325.html http://www.wired.com/2013/05/al_argcancer/ http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/may/06/nuclear-power-leukaemia Stirling Engine: http://www.grand-illusions.com/acatalog/Low-Temperature-Stirling-Engine-612.html Stirling Engine: VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCGTNArwJ0s […]
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Interesting? New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink/youtube Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, […]
Daniel Dennett: Stop Telling People They Don’t Have Free Will New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Philosopher Daniel Dennett takes issue with neuroscientists who argue that humans don’t have free will. In this video, Dennett demonstrates an […]
Why Do We Yawn? http://www.twitter.com/Tweetsauce Vsauce SHIRTS: http://www.districtlines.com/vsauce Other peeps in this video: Charlie: http://www.youtube.com/charlieissocoollike Alex: http://www.youtube.com/nerimon Yawning to cool down your brain: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/03/really-the-claim-yawning-cools-the-brain/ and: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12/15/yawn-brain-head-02.html More on yawning and empathy here: http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/contagious-yawn.htm here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6988155.stm and here (for the journal article): http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0028472 Angry Mob play-set (no longer available): http://www.neatoshop.com/product/Angry-Mob-Playset PARAKEET […]
