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From Big Think. “Flow states have triggers: these are preconditions that lead to more flow. 22 of them have been discovered.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Science is shattering our intuitions about consciousness ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0UjqT45JsQ What if peak performance wasn’t a mystery, but a state you could wire your brain…
From Big Think. “We know that as little as 10 minutes of walking can improve your mood, that is getting that bubble bath with the dopamine, serotonin, endorphins going, anybody can do that.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Anxiety evolved to help us — what went wrong? A neuroscientist explains.…
From Big Think. “Nobody gets out of love alive. We all suffer. We all have disappointments. It’s such a powerful brain system.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, How to date, mate, and find fulfillment ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QJ3M8M_RU8 Why do we fall in love with one person over another? The late biological…
From Big Think. "If we did create beings that were more like non-human animals, we ought to treat them much better than we now treat non-human animals." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, What if the truth offends? Publish it anyway ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPJ6hjLzK24 What happens when AI becomes conscious? Philosopher Peter…
From Big Think. “You might as well go for it. You might as well do the thing that you dream about doing for heaven’s sake.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Why most people are only giving 70%—and what happens at 100% ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYs3M_qB6hs Purchase Kevin Smith’s book, Kevin Smith’s Secret…
From Big Think. “You might as well go for it. You might as well do the thing that you dream about doing for heaven’s sake.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Why most people are only giving 70%—and what happens at 100% ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYs3M_qB6hs Purchase Kevin Smith’s book, Kevin Smith’s Secret…
From Big Think. “You can debate all sorts of things about how the texture of American life has changed. What you can’t debate is the sheer, objective, existential fact that Americans are more alone than ever.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The friendship recession | Richard Reeves ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpOan0hqdNA Why…
From Big Think. "If we’re related to every living thing on the planet, do we not have a special responsibility for every living thing on this planet? They are really all our relatives." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Science is shattering our intuitions about consciousness ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0UjqT45JsQ What does it…
From Big Think. “When you think about this interconnection of all these tiny causes and effects which add up to the way the world unfolds, it becomes impossible to imagine that we have complete control.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Why does it feel like the world is falling apart?…
From Big Think. This video was made in partnership with Unlikely Collaborators. What if the way you see the world is shaped by trauma you haven’t fully processed? Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Watch the full Perception Box series ► https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5uULy4b0kV4iomWS7CzqCdOCwj0lFnLr&si=yCY6Ee7m6bpj7E-y Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the…
From Big Think. “It’s a remarkable series of events that were required for us to be here, and that so many things could have happened in a different way that we wouldn’t be here at all, both individually, and as a species.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Everything about humanity…
From Big Think. "I’d prefer to think about a different axis, which is, should government be more or less effective? Should government work faster or slower?" Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The American Dream is falling apart | Derek Thompson: Full Interview ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dn6NVGOu0w Why can’t America build anymore? The…
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From Big Think. “We know that as little as 10 minutes of walking can improve your mood, getting that bubble bath with the dopamine, serotonin, endorphins going. Anybody can do that.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Anxiety evolved to help us — what went wrong? A neuroscientist explains. ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNKApPrhlew…
From Big Think. “We are beginning to take our first steps out into the cosmic ocean… and the water seems inviting.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Brian Cox on how black holes could unlock the mysteries of our universe ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGsbEd6w7PI What if humanity isn’t just a flicker in the…
From Big Think. “We don’t have enough knowledge to precisely calculate what is going to happen, and so we assign probabilities to it, which reflects our ignorance of the situation.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Brian Cox on how black holes could unlock the mysteries of our universe ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGsbEd6w7PI…
From Big Think. "The fear of panic has killed more people than most disasters themselves." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, News media wants to keep you angry, anxious, and depressed ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUfq1WJW7Xs What really happens to your mind in a crisis? We all think we know how we’d react in…
From Big Think. “The voice in your head is not you. You are listening to that voice. It’s a heckler, trying to make you feel bad.” You can purchase John Amaechi’s book, The Promises of Giants, here ► https://amzn.to/4kgPwbY Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The smartest people have mastered these…
From Big Think. "We are all in orbit around the center of the Milky Way galaxy. How big is this collection of stars? Somewhere between 200 and 400 billion suns in the Milky Way galaxy, about 100,000 light years across." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Brian Cox on how black…
From Big Think. “It’s not about being perfect. It’s about reducing suffering where we can, and right now, we’re choosing not to.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, What is effective altruism? Philosopher Peter Singer explains. ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdXKak-k6zw What does it mean to live ethically in our interconnected world? Author, activist,…
From Big Think. “The very same time that’s making you anxious is actually your most valuable asset. You can always create more energy and more money—but you can never create more time.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Former CIA agent: The truth about manipulation ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJFIzE3i0X0 What if the path…
From Big Think. "The disease is the fact that liberalism, which used to be an ideology of building, has become an ideology of blocking." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Sam Harris: Breaking the spell of propaganda ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T4dr_YQxrQ 00:00:00 Affordability vs upward mobility 00:00:59 From collapse to abundance 00:01:45 Supply-side…
From Big Think. "Our food systems are the leading driver of deforestation, the leading driver of biodiversity loss, the leading driver of fresh water use, and the leading driver of water pollution." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Hannah Ritchie: The data behind our biggest environmental problems ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DMJMRkQOVY 0:00 Transforming…
From Big Think. "You need to embrace these systems and try out what’s going on because if you don’t understand it, you really can’t hope to help your organization adapt and stay in front of this momentous, world-changing technology." You can purchase Michael’s book, The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking, here ► https://amzn.to/3EpL2kl Subscribe to…
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From Big Think. "It’s a true fact, but a bizarre one, that the reason why hundreds of thousands of people died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki rather than Kyoto and Kokura, is because of a 19-year-old vacation and a passing cloud." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Why does it feel like…
From Big Think. "There is interesting ethical questions about how we should actually conduct ourselves in [a space colonization] exploration phase." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The great quest for extraterrestrial life | David Kipping Full Interview ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI0cvzQiuvI 0:00 Why do we want to colonize space? 0:40 A fundamental…
From Big Think. "There’s a long history of people claiming planets which look Earth-like, Earth 2.0, Earth twins." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Where did our universe come from? ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX6clvpotqA 00:00 Mapping the universe 01:33 Earth twins 02:55 The Fermi paradox 04:38 The Drake equation 05:37 Conditions for life…
From Big Think. "The more uncertain and scary things get in the world, the more we as humans are drawn to simple dichotomies." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Love, sex, and happiness, explained by philosophy ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esneN8HQKeY 00:00:00 Chapter 1 – Breaking the cycle of high conflict 00:23:38 Chapter 2…
From Big Think. "Being aware of your mindsets is the difference between living a conscious life, where you’re making choices in accord with what you actually want and going where you actually wanna go, versus being on autopilot and having those mindsets subconsciously drive all of your decisions." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►…
From Big Think. “I think the key point is that doesn’t mean game over. That doesn’t mean we’re flipped into a world, and to a point of no return.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, What the news won’t tell you about climate change ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XNQFqUwCnU Read the video transcript ►…
From Big Think. "Asking the question of, "Where did the entire universe come from?" is no longer a question for poets and theologians and philosophers. This is a question for scientists, and we have some amazing scientific answers to this question." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Physicist Brian Cox explains…
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From Big Think. "These days, no national news network is trusted by more than half of American adults. And that’s a problem." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Who will you become during a crisis? ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LmDJEywwRw The news is broken. In the United States, it may feel like our news…
From Big Think. "Plato would argue that sex in and of itself is not what true love is. Sex can reach a point where you are in union with that person, where you see behind their appearances and you see behind the flesh and you experience something which is more transcendental." Subscribe to Big Think…
From Big Think. Brian Cox is currently on-tour in North America and the UK. See upcoming dates at: https://briancoxlive.co.uk/#tour "Quantum mechanics and quantum entanglement are becoming very real. We’re beginning to be able to access this tremendously complicated configuration space to do useful things." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The…
From Big Think. "We’re at a very critical point in human history where things are about to change dramatically. One of the beauties of these AI tools is you now can just be anything that you dreamt of being." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Why you’ll never “get on top…
From Big Think. We made this video in partnership with Unlikely Collaborators. Dhar Mann’s life looked perfect on the outside—but behind the scenes, he was completely falling apart. He shares how he changed his mindset and his habits to overcome the most difficult moments of his life. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1…
From Big Think. "Do we want to understand whether we are alone in the universe, whether there is other life out there? That is one fundamental question that drives many astronomers." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Ethan Siegel: The secret of the multiverse ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vii-d5p1F1c 00:00:00: The search for habitable…
From Big Think. "Welcome to the multiverse. Or should I say our one universe within a multiverse of possibilities?" Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, 3 discoveries that change the way we think of the universe ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFyRneLzcwo Do we have proof of a multiverse? Our idea of the multiverse stems…
From Big Think. "We try to stick to routines and we try to go through very long lists of tasks, often ignoring our mental health in the process. There is a lot more to think about on a daily basis, but our brains haven’t evolved." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next,…
From Big Think. "Everything that we care about, everything we experience, everything we know, we know it through our conscious awareness of it." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The illusion of self and the illusion of free will, explained ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ig9MOv54cg Consciousness is everything we know, everything we experience. The…
From Big Think. We created this video in partnership with Unlikely Collaborators. Asian-American comedian Atsuko Okatsuka shares her experience as an immigrant, navigating personal insecurities, and ultimately finding belonging in comedy. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Watch the full Perception Box series ► https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5uULy4b0kV4iomWS7CzqCdOCwj0lFnLr&si=yCY6Ee7m6bpj7E-y The weight of cultural dislocation, family turmoil, and…
From Big Think. "It’s not that I don’t think these problems are big or that they’re urgent, but I can start to see that these problems are solvable." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Sam Harris: Breaking the spell of propaganda | Full Interview ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T4dr_YQxrQ Climate doomerism is everywhere. But…
From Big Think. “What CIA taught me is that manipulation is one side of a coin, and on the other side of the coin is the word motivation.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Improve your critical thinking skills in just 6 minutes ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtqOeXsB36U Generally, we think people who manipulate…
From Big Think. "You need to run towards the pain and darkness and not away from it. I think the best leaders always run towards the darkness. They always run towards a problem." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The smartest people have mastered these 6 core skills ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32z8Ax1j-Q4 Much…
From Big Think. "Asking the question of, where did the entire universe come from, is no longer a question for poets and theologians and philosophers. This is a question for scientists, and we have some amazing scientific answers to this question that have defied even the wildest of our expectations." Subscribe to Big Think on…
From Big Think. "We’re awash in lies and misinformation to a degree that was not possible before we got the internet and in particular before we got social media." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The illusion of self and the illusion of free will, explained ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ig9MOv54cg Our world seems…
From Big Think. We made this video in partnership with Unlikely Collaborators. “I want people to know that their lives matter and that their deaths ultimately will too.” How a journey to Cuba made Alua Arthur confront her own mortality, and ultimately led her to her career as a death doula. Subscribe to Big Think…
From Big Think. Welcome to The Freethink Interview, a interview series from our sister channel @freethink where we talk to the new generation of builders, leaders and thinkers shaping technological progress. Join us for thought-provoking conversations with some of the world’s most interesting and ambitious technologists. Subscribe to Freethink on YouTube ► https://freeth.ink/youtube-subscribe Up Next…
From Big Think. We created this video in partnership with Unlikely Collaborators. Gracie Gold’s battle with mental health nearly ended her career—and her life. This is how she found her way back to herself. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Watch the full Perception Box series ► https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5uULy4b0kV4iomWS7CzqCdOCwj0lFnLr&si=yCY6Ee7m6bpj7E-y Gracie Gold, a two-time national…
From Big Think. Welcome to The Freethink Interview, a interview series from our sister channel @freethink where we talk to the new generation of builders, leaders and thinkers shaping technological progress. Join us for thought-provoking conversations with some of the world’s most interesting and ambitious technologists. Subscribe to Freethink on YouTube ► https://freeth.ink/youtube-subscribe Up Next…
From Big Think. Welcome to The Freethink Interview, a interview series from our sister channel @freethink where we talk to the new generation of builders, leaders and thinkers shaping technological progress. Join us for thought-provoking conversations with some of the world’s most interesting and ambitious technologists. Subscribe to Freethink on YouTube ► https://freeth.ink/youtube-subscribe Up next,…
From Big Think. What happens when an irredeemable person receives love, gratitude, and respect? After decades of drug and alcohol abuse, chef and television personality Andrew Zimmern learned firsthand. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Watch the full Perception Box series ► https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5uULy4b0kV4iomWS7CzqCdOCwj0lFnLr&si=yCY6Ee7m6bpj7E-y As a teenager, Andrew Zimmern experienced deep pain when his…
From Big Think. "There will always be too much to do. You’re never going to feel completely ready. You’re never going to be able to feel confident about what’s coming in the future." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, 3 powerful mind states: Flow state, good anxiety, and Zen Buddhism ►…
From Big Think. “I’m here to argue that AI is not going to cause a rise in unemployment. I think it’s actually increased employment in the United States, not decreased it.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, How COVID-era monetary policy changed everything ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEnxt1cf3MI When ChatGPT was first rolled out,…