the benefits of being slightly useless
a video about anthropomorphising technology, my love for Roombas, bogosort and the shunned underdog of Microsoft. all of this to answer– why do we feel bad for objects?
educational
Drug Addiction Is a Learning Disorder, says Maia Szalavitz | Big Think
Drug Addiction Is a Learning Disorder, New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Author and neuroscience journalist Maia Szalavitz says that your brain doesn’t necessarily choose to become addicted to gambling. Rather, it just really wants to figure […]
3 Tips on Negotiations, with FBI Negotiator Chris Voss | Big Think
3 Tips on Negotiations, with FBI Negotiator Chris Voss New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Negotiating is hard, and it’s even harder when there is something you really want. The stakes are higher, and you may not […]
Ego Is a Veneer for Profound Weakness | Ryan Holiday | Big Think
Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- The ability to believe in oneself is great, but when that belief is over-asserted or based on delusions, ego, or “the enemy” as author and media strategist Ryan Holiday calls it, arises. Holiday’s […]
Penn Jillette on Atheism and Islamaphobia | Big Think
Penn Jillette on Atheism and Islamaphobia New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Penn Jillette just uttered the words: “I opened my heart to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit filled me.” What does […]
Time Travel in Science Fiction: A Brief History | James Gleick | Big Think
Time Travel in Science Fiction: A Brief History Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- The idea of time travel, so familiar to us now, was unheard-of before H.G. Wells’s 1895 book The Time Machine. Since then, notions of time […]
biggest simps in the animal kingdom
male-dominant power structures are common but not the case for a lot of species. today we look at 5 different animal societies with some more.. unusual dynamics and reversed gender roles.
Bill Nye Explains Gravity Waves | Big Think
Bill Nye Explains Gravity Waves New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Bill Nye has many feathers in his cap — he’s the CEO of The Planetary Society, has a brand-new Netflix show, flew on Air Force One […]
Weight Loss: Simple Science Until Our Emotions Intrude | | Big Think
Weight Loss: Simple Science Until Our Emotions Intrude Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Fad diets are with us now, and will always be with us, says health and wellness expert Jillian Michaels. This despite the fact that weight […]
The Ethics of Crossing Humans with Animals | Glenn Cohen | Big Think
The Ethics of Crossing Humans with Animals | Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Harvard bioethics specialist Glenn Cohen considers the complex question of whether humans should mix their genetic material with other animals to create chimeras.It is really, […]
