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Think Again - a Big Think Podcast

We surprise some of the world's brightest minds with ideas they're not at all prepared to discuss. W

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Fantasy can save your life but how much is too much? This week on Big Think's podcast we discuss thr

“For most of the time, writing any book, it's not going well."–– Salman Rushdie on Think AgainThis w

Are Pirate Bay (illegal, free) and Spotify (legit, really cheap) undermining artists' incentive to c

Can we escape our own irrationality? Is weaponized DNA something we should be worrying about? Does t

Is attention an endangered species? How do you collaborate with someone who hates you? Is xenophobia

How do colors affect us psychologically? Will a less hierarchical, more collaborative society lead i

Will nanobots someday deposit Shakespeare directly into our brains? If we paid politicians tons of m

Can anything cure what ails America? What's a "genius", exactly?In this week's episode of Big Think'

Can "positive thinking" keep you physically and mentally young? Do schools kill creativity? Should w

At what point do sex robots become sex slaves? How are bandwidth and storage capacity changing our l

Can anyone afford college anymore? Would it help if we sold stock in students? Would Young Einstein

Will our brainpower soon be exponentially enhanced by technology? Or will the world turn into a Term

Was Einstein a fashion genius? Why is Malcolm Gladwell unimpressed by search engines? What will mone

Is the modern world designed to kill you? Do Fitbit and meditation apps make us healthier and happie

Is monogamy ridiculous? Does this change with age? What do we really want out of love and sex?In thi

"Dealing with the everyday requires us to close ourself off. . . But when you see art you want the o

You've got 10 minutes with Einstein. What do you talk about? Black holes? Time travel?Why not gambli