“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 […]
You might suppress your emotions when you walk through the door at work. But your colleagues can still feel them. Author Cassandra Worthy explains how to transform negative thoughts into positive ones. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Don’t chase happiness. Become antifragile ► https://youtu.be/e-or_D-qNqM Cassandra […]
We may build incredible AI. But can we contain our cruelty? Oxford professor Nick Bostrom explains. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Is AI a species-level threat to humanity? With Elon Musk, Michio Kaku, Steven Pinker & more ► https://youtu.be/91TRVubKcEM Nick Bostrom, a professor at the […]
Here’s how to end an angry conflict in 8 minutes, with @IrshadManjiTV. 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 Educator Irshad Manji emphasizes that diversity is a fact of life, and it should be harnessed to unite society rather than […]
