Do you have what it takes to become a CIA agent? | Andrew Bustamante: Full Interview

From Big Think. “The public really doesn’t realize that they are much closer to CIA spies than they think they are.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, CIA psychology: Ask questions that make people reveal everything ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuNPT1hh118 Most people think CIA agents are born extraordinary. Charming, genius, and ready to…

The laboratory accident that saved 500 million lives | Derek Thompson

From Big Think. “Invention matters, but implementation matters more.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The great friendship collapse: Inside The Anti-Social Century ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsaeFYGbK2M Why did we overlook the lessons from some of our most transformative breakthroughs? The U.S. once excelled at scaling new technologies like clean energy and advanced…

Will we let AI decide for us?

From Big Think. We created this video in partnership with The Cosmos Institute. The world creates moments when philosophy truly matters. This is one of those moments. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, How ancient philosophers would shape AI | Brendan McCord ► https://youtu.be/2Zbg5iuDxOg?feature=shared As AI continues to make our lives…

Would we even recognize alien life? NASA astrobiologist explains

From Big Think. This interview is an episode from ‪@The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the ‪@JohnTempletonFoundation. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/thewell-youtube Watch Kaçar’s next interview ► The ocean is evolving, and it’s not based on the ‘survival of the fittest’ https://youtu.be/nl_-nmZ4_Xc What’s the best way…

Brian Cox: Why black holes could hold the secret to time and space | Full Interview

From Big Think. “Could black holes be the key to a quantum theory of gravity, a deeper theory of how reality, of how space and time works?” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Brian Cox: The quantum roots of reality ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO41iURud9c&pp=0gcJCY0JAYcqIYzv Black holes are forcing us to rethink everything we…

The Fermi Paradox has a terrifying answer: The Dark Forest | David Kipping

From Big Think. "We’ve sent out one or two little messages, but we certainly aren’t investing billions of dollars shouting out into the cosmos saying, "Hey, we are here. Come say hi."" Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Why space colonization presents an ethical dilemma ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7GNey32VB4 In the vast silence…

Does hope for humanity rely on philosophy?

From Big Think. This interview is an episode from ‪@The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the ‪@JohnTempletonFoundation. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/thewell-youtube Watch Sullivan’s next interview ► A philosopher’s guide to caring deeply https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpPYa00Ki0k&vl=ja Philosopher and Notre Dame professor Meghan Sullivan shares her take on how…

The biggest lies about good sex and how to have it, debunked | Emily Nagoski: Full Interview

From Big Think. "Virtually everything we’re taught about sexuality for the first two decades of our lives is wrong." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The science of sex, love, and attachment | Dr. Helen Fisher ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORAaaBevtT4 Most of us were taught a version of sex education that veered into…

What Earth’s undefeatable organisms reveal about survival

From Big Think. This interview is an episode from ‪@The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the ‪@JohnTempletonFoundation. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/thewell-youtube Watch Kaçar’s next interview ► What NASA is really looking for in space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5HYyeFr1QQ What’s the best way to understand ancient life on Earth?…

The 4 financial statements every smart person should understand | Kelly Richmond Pope

From Big Think. “Fraud never sleeps. It’s really a global problem. Fraud is a trillion dollar problem, about $5 trillion today, with that number increasingly rising annually.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Why altruism is selfish ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCf9z9uArO0 What if the smartest person in the room isn’t the CEO—but the…

Sam Harris: Breaking the thought trap of anger

From Big Think. "You can’t possibly exaggerate how much better it is to live in a peaceful, orderly society, and to be wealthy, and healthy, and surrounded by people who you love and who love you, and to be surrounded by increasingly happy strangers who just want to cooperate with you." Subscribe to Big Think…

I was paralyzed at 17. I won gold seven years later. | Alana Nichols

From Big Think. We made this video in partnership with Unlikely Collaborators. What happens when everything you’ve built your identity around seems to disappear in a single moment? Paralympian Alana Nichols explains. 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 At 17, Alana Nichols was paralyzed in…