Summaries of Big Think Videos 📚

What Can Primates Teach Us About Human Behavior?

How to Colonize Mars: Key Steps for Human Habitation

Why Does America Lack a Unique Culinary Identity?

What Does Bill Sheft Say About His Comedy Journey?

How Do Extrinsic Values Impact Our Happiness?

What Insights Does Tim O'Brien Offer on Writing and War?

What Causes Earthquakes and Are They Increasing?

How machine intelligence is remaking the American economy | Big Think

Global Food Trends | Big Think

How to Advance Your Career in a Competitive Job Market

Why You Should Read Philosophy: Truth, Knowledge, and Meaning | Philip Kitcher | Big Think

What Are the Design Challenges at The New York Times?

What Inspired Scott Schuman to Start The Sartorialist?

How Does Being Gay Affect Parenting Experiences?

What to Do If You've Accidentally Offended Someone

How to Discover Your True Talents and Passions

What Does It Really Mean to Fail in Projects?

How to build an A.I. brain that can conceive of itself | Joscha Bach | Big Think

What Drives Us to Undertake Expensive Projects?

What Is the True Environmental Cost of Fast Food?

What Is Slow Love and How Does It Improve Relationships?

Why Is Conversation Important for Belief Revision?

The intelligence explosion: Nick Bostrom on the future of AI

Are millennials lazy whiners or victims of circumstance? | Michael Hobbes | Big Think

How to see clearly through deceptive emotions | Kristen Lindquist

What Can NASA Teach Us About Education Reform?

How Does Dark Energy Cause Accelerated Expansion of the Universe?

What Are Common Misconceptions About Drugs in Pop Culture?

How Do Women’s Perspectives Shape Moral Development?

Bring On the Short Skirts Valerie Steele | Big Think

How Do Blind Evaluation Methods Increase Diversity in Programming?

What Is the Role of Peer Review in Knowledge Today?

What Challenges Does The Onion Face in the Newspaper Industry?

What Is China's Anti-Corruption Campaign's Impact on Luxury Goods?

What Are Ethical Cults and Why Are They Important?

Dambisa Moyo on a More Optimistic Outlook for Africa | Big Think

How Does Decentralization Make Healthcare More Affordable?

Why Should You Keep Physical Books Instead of Ebooks?

How to Overcome Negative Self-Talk and Find Peace

Big Think Interview With Terry Teachout | Big Think

Shaving Your "Bikini Region" While Driving, and Other Florida Stories | Humorist Dave Berry

How Do Charter Schools Impact Public Education?

Corporate culture wasn’t built for women. Here’s how to fix that. | Tina Brown | Big Think

Physics: Are we forever trapped in the arrow of time? | Sabine Hossenfelder

How Can Entrepreneurial Thinking Solve Social Issues?

What Is Eusociality and Why Is It Important for Humans?

How ancient philosophers would shape AI | Brendan McCord

What Is the Actor's Role in Shaping Society?

Make Your Friend's Day a Little Better with the 'Plus One' Technique | Big Think.

Why Choose Suffering for a Meaningful Life?

How Can Science Inform Our Moral Understanding?

How Can Small Businesses Benefit from Technological Advances?

Which mental 'deficits' are really hidden strengths? | Heather Heying | Big Think

What Are the Differences in Sexual Response Between Men and Women?

What Does a Junkie Witness Reveal About a Murder?

What What Is the Complex Leadership in Shakespeare's Henry V?

What Made Abraham Lincoln a Humble Leader?

Are Humans Hardwired for Monogamy or Adultery?

What Is the COVID-19 Crisis Like in US Prisons?

What Are the Symptoms of Schizophrenia and Their Effects?

What Causes the 'Us vs. Them' Mentality in Humans?

How Does Trauma Affect Your Brain and Predictions?

Big Think Interview with Arne Glimcher | Big Think

Finding a Career by Way of a Panic Attack | Steven C. Hayes | Big Think

What Do Olympic Level Meditators' Brain Waves Reveal?

What Are the Biggest Challenges Facing American Medicine?

How Prohibition Was Similar to Today's Health Care Debate

How Did Netflix Strategically Commit to House of Cards?

What Is the Role of the Large Hadron Collider in Physics?

How to Achieve Financial Independence and Happiness

How Ross Bleckner Addresses AIDS In His Art | Big Think

What Are Cerin Genes and How Do They Affect Aging?

American Intelligence

What Challenges Do Young Writers Face in Publishing?

Curtis Sliwa: Police Should Be Police—Not Social Workers

Using Honor to End Honor Killings

Busting the myth of ‘neutral’ AI | Ramesh Srinivasan | Big Think

Short-term thinking is politics’ most epic failure | Jill Lepore | Big Think

What Are Focus Mode and Diffuse Mode in Learning?

Think Again Podcast – Mixtape – The Writers' Room

What Would Extraterrestrial Life on Other Planets Look Like?

Valerie Steele on Fashion Greats | Big Think

Why are we really afraid of robots? | Ken MacLeod | Big Think

How Can Parents Help Build Confidence in Girls?

Why Do We Experience Unconscious Fear Responses?

Dan Barber: Translating Theory into a Working Farm

Populist psychology: How class division empowers autocratic leaders | Michele Gelfand | Big Think

What Is the Role of Fear in Surgical Training?

How to Achieve Accomplishment Without Burnout

How to Enhance Your Lateral Thinking Skills

How Does Curiosity Drive Human Survival and Innovation?

What Mistakes Do People Make When Volunteering at Work?

What Skills Will Help You Thrive in an Automated Future?

Why Is Political Correctness Important for Free Speech?

One generation’s solutions, this generation’s disease | Derek Thompson: Full Interview

How Does Music Influence Neuroscience Communication?

How to Navigate Science and Religion When Questioning Beliefs

Alton Brown - Think Again Podcast - Easy-Bake Oven/Hard Knock Life

Why Is Whistleblowing Considered a Lonely Act of Courage?

What Has Physics Done for Modern Technology?

How to Find Your Ikigai and Reboot Your Life

What Is the Science Behind Love and Attraction?

Can Technology Give Us X-Ray Vision and Telepathy?

Michio Kaku: Consciousness Can be Quantified | Big Think

The Genetic Basis of Risk-Seeking

Will New York Become One Giant Suburb? | Sharon Zukin | Big Think

The next pandemic is inevitable. Are we prepared? | Larry Brilliant | Big Think

What Are the 3 Philosophical Pillars of Happiness?

How Can Business Leaders Address Public Policy Issues?