Why do the worst people rise to power? University College London professor Brian Klaas responds. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Why psychopaths rise to power ► https://youtu.be/PpyIZ4DGIK8 George Washington famously didn’t want to become the president of the United States, but he accepted the job […]
This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/thewell-youtube Watch Agustín Fuentes’s next interview ► https://youtu.be/u8sxrstg6CA The traditional measure of evolutionary success is a population’s ability to continue, adapt and grow. […]
Former Yale professor Morgan Levine explains how to calculate your ‘bio age’ to live longer. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Michio Kaku: How to reverse aging ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV3XjqW_xgU How old are you? Odds are your answer is a number of years — a metric known […]
Brian Klaas argues that the key to police reform is changing who wants to be a cop. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Busting police brutality myth ► https://youtu.be/h4mw4v4vAH4 Watch the full New Zealand police recruitment ad ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9psILoYmCc Could revamping police recruitment strategies pave the […]
Science can’t stop aging, but it may be able to slow our epigenetic clocks. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Michio Kaku: How to reverse aging ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV3XjqW_xgU What if we could slow down the hands of our biological clocks? This question underpins much of the […]
This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/thewell-youtube Watch Albert-László Barabási’s next interview ► https://youtu.be/sVQKxX2c2GA A very few creative individuals, often labeled “geniuses,” have had a profound and lasting impact […]
This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/thewell-youtube Watch Lisa Feldman Barrett’s next interview ► https://youtu.be/NGArM23mMNM In today’s world, people are more open than ever to discuss their emotions, largely […]
Primatologist Frans de Waal inadvertently popularized the term ‘alpha male.’ Now, he’s debunking common stereotypes to explain what an ‘alpha male’ really is – empathetic and protective. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Berkeley professor explains gender theory ► https://youtu.be/UD9IOllUR4k All social animals establish hierarchies, but […]
This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/thewell-youtube Watch Laurie Santos’s next interview ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt2tydVnVvA In the last few decades, the concept of “burnout” has become ubiquitous in modern discourse […]
This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/thewell-youtube Watch Laurie Santos’ next interview ► https://youtu.be/FOFYc2voq9E Sometimes, it’s really hard to be happy. And there’s a reason for that: The human […]
