People in positions of power need to be committed to increasing the representation of women on boards and in other leadership roles, or it won’t happen, says Monique Leroux.

There’s a big difference between being smart and being wise, and also being intelligent, frankly, says futurist Edie Weiner.

Donald Rumsfeld reflects on his over 50 year career in public service with Big Think — the highs and the lows, the challenges and the triumphs. From his call to […]

We don’t really want what we think we desire, says philosopher Slavoj Žižek.

The question as to whether or not we are hardwired for religion and spirituality is an important one, says pioneering neuroscientist Andrew Newberg. “When we look at how the brain […]

Internet policy expert Rebecca MacKinnon discusses the social possibilities and challenges presented by new digital technologies.

Former IOSCO chairperson Jane Diplock explains why gender diversity in corporate leadership is profitable.

Andrew Cohen says narcissism is a culturally conditioned epidemic. How is it harmful and how can we break out of it?

We’ve all noticed it – on television and the social web, an increase in politically partisan polemic and cultural isolationism. This “us vs. them” mentality doesn’t reflect the best of […]

Call it art, experimental philosophy, theater, or what you will – Jonathan Keats plays the fool as a kind of public protest against the ever-present danger of taking ourselves and […]

Anthony Scaramucci shares his views on who young people should look to as a role model on Wall Street today.

Jonathan Pryce talks to Big Think’s Jason Gots about Hollywood, King Lear, his distaste for Margaret Thatcher and why British actors always get cast as bad guys in American movies.

Our anxiety about information overload is unwarranted, says James Gleick, even in the digital age. The internet will cause a readjustment in the way we think, but so did the […]

This interview was originally broadcast live on bigthink.com on May 3, 2012. Newberg is a pioneer in the neuroscientific study of religious and spiritual experiences, or neurotheology. Here he discusses […]

Slavoj Zizek answers the question, “Do you think science has replaced philosophy in discovering the bigger questions of life?” Philosophy is not dying, he says — in fact, we need […]

Ed Conard is Mitt Romney’s former partner at Bain Capital and the author of the provocative new book entitle Unintended Consequences, which argues that economic inequality is a sign that […]

Ashley Madison founder Noel Biderman says that “through an affair, through a liaison, and even to some degree through the use of pornography and other things, [married people] can find […]

We’re entering a very interesting stage of human history right now where we can start importing technology to enhance our natural senses or perception of the world, says neuroscientist David […]

On Friday, 5/18/12 – timed to coincide with Facebook’s 95 billion dollar IPO – a guerilla detachment of Big Think hit Wall and Broad Sts, NYC with “Initial Public Offering” […]

On Friday, 5/18/12 – timed to coincide with Facebook’s 95 billion dollar IPO – a guerilla detachment of Big Think hit Wall and Broad Sts, NYC with “Initial Public Offering” […]

Internet pioneer Jaron Lanier argues that free technologies like Facebook come with a hidden and heavy cost – the livelihoods of their consumers.

How can small businesses flourish in today’s disruptive age? Bestelling author Vijay Vaitheeswaran has three concise tips that make it easier for upstarts to take on the giants.

Jane McGonigal argues that games are not a waste of time. In fact, she argues, “we need to look at what games are doing for gamers, the skills that we’re […]

There’s definitely a misperception that women and girls don’t play games. In fact, 40 percent of gamers are women, and 94 percent of girls under the age of 18 play […]

It’s perhaps too deterministic to say that your genes determine everything you do. It’s more like the deck of cards that you’re dealt at birth. What you do with that […]