“Consciousness is fundamental. It's a fundamental property of the world that we inhabit, a fundamental property of the universe.”

Metacognition — the ability to think about your thinking — can help you learn faster and make better decisions.

“There would be something very, very empty and meaningless about [a] sort of life with no problems.”

Introverts have social batteries that will drain over time, but they can be recharged with good energy hygiene. Here’s how.

When making any tough decision, the key is not to be overly exploratory or exploitative.

“No matter what their gods were, what they did for a living, what they wore, the songs they sang, everything varies except love, and everybody loves.”

Inflation's two main criticisms, that it can predict anything and that the "measure problem" remains unsolved, can't erase its successes.

A conversation with investor and author Alex Morris on what Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger can teach us about focus, discipline, and building a life that lasts.

Led by experts like Peter Diamandis and Jane McGonigal, this class teaches participants to harness innovation and creativity through clear goal-setting, a challenge mindset, and the effective use of deadlines, fostering a culture of productivity and empowerment.

This class explores the complexities of ego and leadership through lessons from figures like Daedalus and Icarus, emphasizing self-awareness, humility, and the cultivation of charisma, while offering practical strategies for effective leadership transitions and fostering genuine connections within teams.

"If you're interested in human performance, what you want is something that's reliable and repeatable, and thus you want neurobiology because neurobiology gives you mechanism."

Workplace community is too often dismissed as an HR initiative, when in reality it’s the key to driving business results through frontline employee performance.

“We can have that fight for a 1,000 years, but we could have a shot at figuring out what we both need and noticing when there's opportunities to make that happen.”

Strengthen your focus like a muscle.

What separates a disciplined life from a virtuous one? Psychologist Sarah Schnitker says the answer lies in your purpose.

When you don't have enough clues to bring your detective story to a close, you should expect that your educated guesses will all be wrong.

5-MeO-DMT may offer a practical way to access and study consciousness in its most basic form.

The host of the Founders podcast joins Big Think for a chat about success, obsession, business genius, human nature, and more.

“There's a very pervasive belief that human nature is fundamentally selfish, but I know for a fact that that can't be true in part because my life was saved by a stranger a long time ago when I was 19.”

Why talent alone isn’t enough to achieve your goals.

Are you ready for the “cybernetic corporation”? Amir Husain “profiles” the hottest company of 2035 — and makes a telling comparison with Nvidia.

You might love your leadership role and inspire fierce loyalty — but what if that comes at the expense of a disastrous balance sheet? Here’s a way forward.

Stuck on a hamster wheel of mindless social media scrolling? Neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff explains how to consciously redirect your reward system.

“The public really doesn't realize that they are much closer to CIA spies than they think they are.”

The benefits of compassion in the workplace are manifold — but leaders should retain an intentional focus on mental, emotional, and physical balance.

The measured value of the cosmological constant is 120 orders of magnitude smaller than what's predicted. How can this paradox be resolved?

"Virtually everything we're taught about sexuality for the first two decades of our lives is wrong."

The CMB has long been considered the Big Bang's "smoking gun" evidence. But after what JWST saw, might it come from early galaxies instead?

Want to study philosophy but skip some of its heavier tomes? These five novels are a great place to start. (Existential despair guaranteed.)

To be culturally intelligent, you must be curious and open-minded — and the benefits can be transformative.