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“So far as I can see, all political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their […]
We’ve all been there. And this human baby and baby gorilla share our pain: the cold surprise of the stethoscope.
Image courtesy of Science All Day
“I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.”
– Lauren Bacall
Is the end near? Recent studies by KPMG, the UK Government Office of Science, and now the US National Science Foundation-supported National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center claim that civilization is headed […]
It’s not surprising that Albert Einstein was a good student, as the report card he received at the age of 17, posted by History Pics, shows. His best subject? Math.
“You’re only given one little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.”
– Robin Williams
At Big Think,we take pride in helping you develop the leadership skills you need to succeed. It’s why we created Big Think+, our unique online learning platform, which features exclusive […]
Losang Samten escaped Tibet in 1959, when he was only five years old. After growing up in India, he came to the United States in 1988, and shared the teachings […]
This childhood photo of Kurt Cobain could be an album cover. It has the same spontaneity and sweetness of the naked swimming baby on Nirvana’s Nevermind. Source: History Pics
“…If you look at a lot of the innovations and breakthroughs today and you trace them back, as I did in my research, to their origin, a lot of times what you find at the root of it all is a great question; a beautiful question of someone asking why isn’t someone doing this or what if someone tried to do that? So I found that questions are often at the root of innovation.”
– Warren Berger
As we’ve reported here previously at Big Think, asking the right questions can be powerful. As leadership expert Daniel Pink explained in our video interview, managers and executives must know […]
When it comes to country size, Russia wins. But when it comes to people-per-square mile, Bangladesh has Russia beat. From History Pics: Bangladesh has 155 million people and Russia has […]
History Pics shared this image with the description “30 years of cell phones.” Recognize most of these? How many have you used? Image via History Pics
“Lovers in Mantua” are two 6,000 year old skeletons–a young man and a woman from the Neolithic era–who must have cared for each other very deeply. In 2007, their skeletons […]
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
– Alexander Graham Bell
“I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.”
– Khalil Gibran
“The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.”rn rn― Abigail Van Buren
The Internet of Things is coming—are you ready? As Big Think reported recently in our interview with leading economist Jeremy Rifkin, the Internet of Things will connect everyone and everything […]
According to Open Culture, the New York Public Library just made 20,000 hi-res images of old maps available online. And they’re free! Find your new wall art here.
“Tectonic plates move and that’s a fact and the world is getting warmer because of human activity. That’s a fact. If you had somebody who really strongly believed the earth was flat, you wouldn’t have to have that person on a television show with the people who believe the earth is round.”
– Bill Nye
Is theage of climate change deniers over? Let’s hope so. Because we’ve got serious work to do. If we no longer need to debate whether the Earth is flat, then […]
“I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans’ natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology.”
– Vernor Vinge
Celebes crested macaque is an endangered species of monkey, which is obviously a shame especially considering what talented photographers they are. In Indonesia, one grabbed David Slater’s camera and snapped […]
According to Historical Pics, this is the original first page–from 1937–of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
The singularity is near! Our smart phones and laptops will one day seem like the gadget equivalent of the horse-and-buggy compared to the machines we will rely on in the […]
The library of Trinity College. Dublin, Ireland Image via Historical Pics
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anais Nin
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans,” said John Lennon. The most important details in life can pass us by if we’re not careful. Noticing […]
According to History Pics, everything in this 1991 RadioShack ad now exists in our smart phones. Check out the ad yourself and ask, “Is there an app for that?” Chances […]