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Daniel Honan
Former Managing Editor, Big Think
From 2011-2014, Daniel Honan was the Managing Editor at Big Think. Prior to Big Think, Daniel was Vice President of Production for Plum TV, a niche cable network he helped launch in 2002. The production team he oversaw won over two dozen Emmy awards. Daniel has created numerous shows and documentaries for television, and his film credits include Stealing the Fire, a documentary on the black market for nuclear weapons technology.
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Charles Darwin's correspondence reveals how he struggled with the work-life balance and how that influenced his decision on whether or not to get married.
The point of marriage is to grow old with someone and develop a sense of trust. Therefore, Christopher Ryan argues we need to take a "harm reduction approach" over an "absolutist approach."
“You don’t arrest Voltaire.” That was French President Charles de Gaulle’s explanation for his pardon of Jean Paul Sartre, who was arrested for civil disobedience during the events of May, 1968 […]
Julian Assange, who has been granted asylum by Ecuador but remains in limbo in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, has been on trial for some time in the court of public […]
According to Henry Rollins, education is the great leveler of the playing field, which is why the punk rocker says that elites are fearful of it. What would happen if […]
The "fiscal cliff" is so named because the change it describes will not be gradual, but steep and dramatic. Howard Dean argues that pain is necessary in order to restore fiscal sanity.
What is the strongest motivation for space exploration today? According to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, it's the promise of economic return.
NASA engineer Adam Steltzner is driving his team to attempt the seemingly impossible.
According to Walter Mosley, the desire to be famous is more pronounced in young people today because of the way the media portrays success. It doesn't make for a good career strategy.
What’s the Big Idea? Why do we so often form opinions about things that fly in the face of the evidence? We do this all the time — whether it […]
If we wish to honor our 21st century gods (technology, capitalism), we might do well to hold a competition that celebrates the achievements of the human mind, not the body.
Yahoo wants to have it all. The company’s board has tasked new CEO Marissa Mayer with the mandate to compete with her former company, the cash register that is known […]
A good one might advise you not to wear a polyester suit to an interview at Goldman Sachs. He might also help guide you through the moral and ethical mine field that is Wall Street.
Woody Guthrie saw America differently, and his songs were designed to make people think. And yet, what was most appealing about his persona was his perceived authenticity.
Will the natural gas boom revitalize the U.S. economy and provide us energy for 100 years?
If you’re in a horse race--and that’s how Bill Bain would describe private equity--you don't try to teach the lamest horse how to run. Instead, you pick a thoroughbred and teach it how to compete more successfully against the competition.