CRISPR: The future or undoing of humanity? with Walter Issaacson Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink/featured Up next ►► The Ethics of Changing Human DNA Via Gene Editing, with Siddhartha Mukherjee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSy8KVXRgKM The idea of gene editing was once a thing of the future – but today it’s […]
Why so many people work “bullshit jobs,” with James Suzman Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►►https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► How to find a meaningful job, or find purpose in the job you already have | Aaron Hurst https://youtu.be/H54vh7UI3_I Our society is fixated on working. Some of us work 80 […]
Sal Khan’s plan to educate the world Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink/videos Up next ►► If America’s education system is outdated, how can we evolve? | Derrell Bradford https://youtu.be/3btnmg30eks Our current form of education is almost 200 years old. What should schools of the future look like? […]
Feel first, think second: is our brain really cut out for the modern world? , with Paul Bloom, Dan Ariely, Daniel Dennett and more Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► A Simple Mind Trick Will Help You Think More Rationally | Big Think https://youtu.be/UyOGZk7WbIk The […]
The 10 tactics of fascism, with Jason Stanley Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►►”Never Again?” How fascism hijacks democracies over and over https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye4jKSNHhms Fascism is a cult of the leader, who promises national restoration in the face of supposed humiliation by immigrants, leftists, liberals, minorities, […]
The 3 ‘demons’ that haunted legendary scientists, with Jimena Canales Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► Why It’s So Hard for Scientists to Believe in God? https://youtu.be/pINptKQYviQ If one opens any dictionary and you go to the entry of demon, one of the entries refers […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
