Billionaire warlords: Why the future is medieval Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Russia? China? No. The rising world superpower is the billionaire class. Our problem, says Sean McFate, is that we’re still thinking in nation states. Nation states […]
Words matter. They change our interior world. Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- As a stand-up comedian, Pete Holmes knows how words can manipulate audiences — for good and bad. Words aren’t just words. They stitch together our social […]
How high-conflict personalities capture high office Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- High-conflict personalities possesses 4 qualities that may encourage them to become politicians. Overly emotional communication suits high-conflict personalities and drives the media to cover them. As with […]
The science of why we die New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- According to scientists the reason we die is because the second law of thermodynamics and natural selection. The whole universe runs down, so, ultimately, even […]
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 […]
