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Abba Eban (1915-2002) was an Israeli diplomat, scholar, and statesman. He was famous for, among many other things, his expert command of ten different languages. His insight and ability as […]
Jane Goodall is one of the world’s foremost primatologists and a UN Messenger of Peace. Ever since her first trip to Africa in 1957, Goodall has dedicated her life to […]
In his recent Big Think interview, Bill Nye proposed his version of an ideal core curriculum. Spoiler Alert: there’s science involved. As Bill explains, incorporating science and math into the […]
“The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do more, and you are not yet decrepit enough to turn them down.” –T.S. Eliot, […]
Junheng Li, Founder and Head of Research at JL Warren Capital, has a unique expert’s perspective on both Chinese and American markets. That’s because she was born and raised in Shanghai […]
George Washington Carver (1861 or 1864-1943), who most people know for discovering 100 different uses for the peanut, was an American scientist and inventor. Born into slavery during the Civil […]
Rachel Carson (1907-1964) was an American biologist, conservationist, and author. She is most famous for her landmark 1962 book Silent Spring and her influence on the environmentalism movement. She succumbed to […]
Bill Nye, everyone’s favorite Science Guy, recently visited Big Think to talk SpaceX, NASA, and the budding space tourism industry. Would Bill jump at the chance to visit space? You […]
“Companies that model best practices, that model the most upstanding principles, end up as the most profitable. It’s not a trade of profits versus principles.” –Philip Zimbardo, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University and Founder of […]
“Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.” Aung San […]
An early feminist, Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is best known as the author of the classic American children’s novel, Little Women. The above quote is from her 1870 novel An Old-Fashioned […]
Wences Casares is one of the most remarkable technology entrepreneurs of the past 20 years. The son of a Patagonian sheep farmer, Casares has founded and sold several major startups […]
“For over 200 years the world has been set on fire by a revolutionary message. The message is that every individual human being is divine. That all of us despite […]
“If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted […]
“When you love and accept yourself, when you know who really cares about you, and when you learn from your mistakes, then you stop caring about what people who don’t […]
Philip Zimbardo is one of the most famous and prolific psychologists of the past half-century. Best-known as the father of the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, Zimbardo is also author of […]
If you’re a recent college grad frustrated that the salary you needed to pay your private student loans never materialized, you have the sympathy of Daniel Altman, Big Think’s Chief […]
“We need to create a world that is equitable, that is stable and a world where we bear in mind the needs of others, and not only what we need […]
Think your job has you under a lot of pressure? Here’s one that’s put you above a lot of pressure… magma pressure, that is. From the U.S. Geological Survey: “At […]
Isn’t the internet great? It’s this remarkable and multifaceted one-stop shop for socializing, romance, commerce, and cat videos. But thanks to the revelations of Edward Snowden and other whistleblowers, we’ve […]
Bill Nye is a lot of things. He’s the world-famous Science Guy, for example. He’s also Executive Director of the Planetary Society and one of the nation’s most fervent bow […]
ABC News correspondent Dan Harris discusses how mindfulness helped him recover from an on-air panic attack.
“There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.” -Akira Kurosawa, Something Like an Autobiography (1981)
“We went, and by we I meant all of us, we went and built this wonderful Internet thing you’ve heard of…. But what has the government done and what has […]
“Leaders need to be increasingly discovery driven, meaning they have to be able to adapt their mindset as new information comes in and they have to be very candid and […]
“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.” -Amelia Earhart For more on the legendary aviator: -Earhart’s National Geographicaccount of the 1935 trek from Honolulu to the California […]
“In no victory do they glory so much as in that which is gained by dexterity and good conduct without bloodshed.” -Sir Thomas More, from Utopia (1515) Thomas More’s utopian vision […]
The business world today bears little resemblance to that of 40-50 years ago. Yet for some reason many companies still clutch to the archaic dogmas of strategy developed during that […]
You can’t innovate and be competitive without change. But companies tend to shy away from change or have systems in place that serve as anchors, holding them back. Lisa Bodell, […]
“Luck is the residue of design.” – Branch Rickey Branch Rickey certainly knew a lot about luck because he was a master of design. He’s most famously known as the […]