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 […]
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. […]
How do we deal with information overload? Build a second brain, explains Tiago Forte. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Find new inspiration with these time-tested approaches to creativity ► https://youtu.be/MA8dK_QYM6g Tiago Forte, Founder of Forte Labs and author of “Building A Second Brain,” discusses the […]
“Sludge”: How bureaucracies abuse your time, with Cass Sunstein Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► Deepak Chopra: How to clean out the sludge from your brain https://youtu.be/DW8JhPwmusM “Sludge” constitutes the obstacles, such as bureaucratic paperwork, that society puts in place to prevent a person from […]
Rogue Putin is the biggest risk of 2023. Here are the other 9, explained by global political expert Ian Bremmer. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Read more of Eurasia Group’s top risks for 2023 ► https://www.eurasiagroup.net/issues/top-risks-2023 Today’s world is facing large-scale problems, from wars to water shortages […]
Do you remember feeling “money shame” for the first time? Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Watch the full Your Brain on Money playlist ► https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5uULy4b0kV5zJ51YpEmjwoXIJdl_KCOL It’s no secret that the values, advice, and experiences we encounter as children shape how we relate to other people later in […]
Your brain on sex, love, and rejection with biological anthropologist Helen Fisher. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The science of sex, love, attraction, and obsession ► https://youtu.be/1XmoMrbcV0E What happens in the brain of someone who gets dumped? One answer is increased activity in the nucleus […]
Harvard professor Steven Pinker explains that everyone suffers from this rationality error. 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 Cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker argues that while the Enlightenment ideals of using knowledge to enhance human well-being are not inherently […]
Expert Michael Spitzer explains how culture can “tune” your musical taste. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Music’s power over your brain, explained ► https://youtu.be/wAafVviGxhk Do humans have something like an instinct for music? The musicologist Michael Spitzer thinks so. As he points out, every person […]
We’ve operated on a 4-phase model for sex therapy since the ‘60s. “Virtually everything” was wrong with that, according to Dr. Emily Nagoski. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Has the sexual revolution backfired? ► https://youtu.be/9osWeVE2Tg8 How do you define sexual desire? It’s often thought of […]
