Strategy advisor Roger Martin explains how 2,000 year old military thinking is useful in modern business strategy. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Navy SEAL has a ’40 Percent Rule’ and it’s the key to overcoming mental barriers ► https://youtu.be/9I_u4oZqF8c Business leaders can gain valuable insights […]
How the Big Bang gave us time, explained by theoretical physicist Sean Carroll. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The Universe in 90 minutes: Time, free will, God, & more ► https://youtu.be/tM4sLmt1Ui8 In this Big Think interview, theoretical physicist Sean Carroll discusses the concept of time […]
Humans are musical animals 4 million years in the making, explained by music expert Michael Spitzer. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, 40,000 years of music explained in 8 minutes ► https://youtu.be/Am18ZxKgi_g The oldest record of notated music, the Hurrian “Hymn to Nikkal,” is more than […]
Chloé Valdary shares the ancient Stoic principle that can defeat modern despair. 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 It can be difficult to process sadness. People often try to numb it, avoid it, or deny that they’re even experiencing […]
How to maximize wins and minimize losses, explained by four experts on game theory. 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 Game theory is a useful tool for decision-making in situations where the outcome depends on multiple parties. It […]
Why does time move forward but not backward? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The mind-bending physics of time ► https://youtu.be/AZsmyTE3j9o Why does time move in only one direction? This still-unsolved question was posed in 1927 by the British astrophysicist Arthur Eddington, […]
Train for any argument with Harvard’s former debate coach, 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, an author and two-time world debate champion, believes our public conversations are in crisis. To Seo, our arguing skills […]
Why we keep giving power to the wrong people, according to political scientist and associate professor Brian Klaas. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The 10 tactics of fascism ► https://youtu.be/CpCKkWMbmXU Brian Klaas, a political scientist and associate professor at University College London, argues that while […]
Why marriage is thriving — and dying — in different American classes, with journalist and scholar Richard Reeves. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Male inequality, explained by an expert ► https://youtu.be/DBG1Wgg32Ok Marriage in the U.S. has fundamentally transformed over the past century. In general, women […]
The formula for rational thinking explained by Harvard professor Steven Pinker. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The war on rationality ► https://youtu.be/qdzNKQwkp-Y In his explanation of Bayes’ theorem, cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker highlights how this type of reasoning can help us determine the degree of […]
