Big Think recently talked to Howard Gardner, the esteemed Harvard psychologist and the pioneer of the theory of “multiple intelligences”, about success, intelligence, and education. He saw several challenges facing […]
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In April 2007, Michael Vick was implicated in an unlawful dog fighting ring that operated over a period of five years. In August 2007, he plead guilty to felony charges, […]
Over the past two years, it’s become an all-too-common refrain. I just got laid off, now what? Considering the state of the U.S. job market and current levels of unemployment […]
Increasing medical bills are a fact of life, says the scientist. In fact, “we should be happy that we are such a rich society … that we can afford to […]
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It’s accepted wisdom these days that artists are not the sanest people in the world. If you don’t know one personally, you can turn to several recent studies and popular […]
The secret is out the bag…We are in a recession. Unfortunately there has been a tremendous amount of economic and personal suffering. My girl Helen Keller, okay not my girl […]
“Usually if I’m standing in front of an audience, they’ve got spikes in their faces. It means a lot for me to be here.” Last Thursday, Eli Roth, “torture porn” […]
An Irish Sunday Tabloid recently carried the following Headline on it's front page, "Kerry: I'll die young". For those of you who don't know, the Kerry in question is not a figure in Politics, not a Humanitarian,not a film star and not a pop star, not anymore anyway.
The recent death of iconic newsman Walter Cronkite sparked the search to find a prominent newsperson to become America’s new trusted source. A recent survey from the Washington Post showed […]
I´m referring to what author Alain de Botton says in his book The architecture of happiness. According to him, there is a language buildings and objects speak when we look at them, and our fondness or distaste of them comes from the relationship we establish between those buildings and human beings whom we like or do not like. In other words, they remind us of people we´ve encountered in our life.rnrn
Why do we need healthcare insurance? Why to get insured when it has been proven time and again that the coverage (or sufficient coverage) is not there when we really […]
Why is it that people don't get to choose their own healthcare? Why are employers involved? Why are governments involved? Why can't people buy straight from companies?
It may not be newsworthy that a pair of nuclear-armed Russian submarines was caught patrolling near the U.S. coast. But it was bound to make headlines no less, and for […]
Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation as the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice is being hailed as a earth shattering breakthrough for minorities within the legal establishment. Wrong. It's a diversion.
The job market has sent people searching for answers, and their search has resulted in a mass exodus to the self-help aisles, creating a mini-boom in the ever popular self-help […]
Using the Definition of the Domain of Morality as a sort of logical compass, Conservatism is argued to be "going against nature."
The pursuit of happiness is essential and vital to our culture, but there is a risk that it turns into navel-gazing.
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In keeping with the notion that alcohol allows ordinary people to do extraordinary things, there is evidence to suggest alcohol can also help creative people find their spark…if they’re lucky […]
The new brain sciences are upon us. There’s neuroeconomics to analyze how we make financial decisions. There’s neuromarketing to sell our brains stuff. There’s Ray Kurzweil to explain how our […]
As a CTO/CIO, have you ever had this reaction? “Stupid users. If only they would ‘get it’ already!” Bad news: it’s never going to happen. Users will always push back […]
“The grand edifice of brand-name consumerism rests on the narcissistic fantasy that everyone else cares about what we buy.” So writes John Tierney in this morning’s Times. If this sounds […]
Ask around, and you may hear people describe me as an early adopter of new technology. I’ve never thought of myself as one, though. For every bandwagon I’ve hopped onto […]
In Hollywood programming, rival brands can come together in a number of ways. There is the traditional cross-over cross-promotional episode. Think Flintstones meet the Jetsons or the Simpsons meet the […]
In addition to legalized marijuana, the world’s largest tulip industry, and an insanely high quality of life, the Netherlands can also count some of the world’s happiest children according to […]
As if checking out satellite photos of your home’s rooftop weren’t enough fun, Google Earth expanded to the bottom of the the ocean, the surface of Mars, and, of course, […]
A Berkeley happiness guru on the downturn’s upside.
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By now it is all over the place that Pirate Bay has lost its lawsuit with the authorities regarding their enablement of internet piracy. But this will neither ensure that […]
Ever since influencial D.C. blogger Ana Marie Cox twittered that Twitter is now a search engine, I searched the micro-blog site for bonus chatter. Here’s what I found: sstroeer: Guys […]