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Big Think is the leading source of expert-driven, actionable, educational content -- with thousands of videos helping you get smarter, faster. Get actionable lessons from the world’s greatest thinkers & doers. Our experts are either disrupting or leading their respective fields. We aim to help you explore the big ideas and core skills that define knowledge in the 21st century, so you can apply them to the questions and challenges in your own life.

  1. 5d ago

    The political philosophy under attack from both the left and the right | Jonathan Rauch

    Jonathan Rauch, author and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, dives into the philosophy of liberalism, how it has created and transformed our institutions, and the state of truth in a world rife with misinformation.

  2. Sep 25

    The minimum viable intervention for a happier life | Tal Ben-Shahar

    Most of us can recite the benefits of exercise, gratitude, and patience while doing none of it. Tal Ben-Shahar calls this the Knowing-Doing gap, and our typical interventions, like retreats and month-long overhauls keep it open.

  3. Sep 18

    The lost art of rhetoric, from a 2x debate world champion | Bo Seo

    Two-time debate champion Bo Seo breaks down why arguments fail: the 4 bad-faith personas that hijack conversations, a four-question framework for picking fights worth having, and the surprising Cold War standoff between Nixon and Khrushchev that shows what staying composed under pressure actually looks like.

  4. Sep 11

    The science, medicine, and mythology of menstruation and menopause | Jen Gunter

    OBGYN Jen Gunter unpacks the science, history, and mythology of menstruation and menopause, and offers a guidebook to navigate the modern healthcare landscape.

  5. Sep 4

    The invisible forces that create talent and elite performance | Daniel Coyle

    Talent isn’t a gift we're born with – it’s a signal we’ve been reading completely wrong. Author Daniel Coyle breaks down the common traits shared by successful people, and why environment, not innate ability, is the variable that ties them all together.

  6. Aug 28

    The world's greatest mathematician explains 6 essential concepts of math | Terence Tao

    Terence Tao has spent decades solving problems most people can't even state, and he says he's never had a single eureka moment. In this conversation, the UCLA mathematician and Fields Medalist breaks math down to six essential ideas: numbers, algebra, geometry, probability, analysis, and dynamics.

  7. Aug 21

    The #1 predictor of relationships that are doomed to fail | Julie & John Gottman

    Every marriage’s disintegration is marked by the same four warning signs that researchers John and Julie Gottman can spot before a couple even finishes their first sentence. The founders of the Gottman Institute break down decades of lab research on why relationships collapse, and what to look for in a partner so they can make it 50 years by your side.

  8. Aug 14

    Psychologist: The blueprint for developing a healthy relationship with your emotions | Lisa Damour

    Stress has a branding problem. Clinical psychologist Dr. Lisa Damour argues that most of us have the wrong relationship with discomfort entirely, treating stress like a malfunction instead of what it actually is: a signal that we're growing.

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Big Think is the leading source of expert-driven, actionable, educational content -- with thousands of videos helping you get smarter, faster. Get actionable lessons from the world’s greatest thinkers & doers. Our experts are either disrupting or leading their respective fields. We aim to help you explore the big ideas and core skills that define knowledge in the 21st century, so you can apply them to the questions and challenges in your own life.

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  • Years Active
    2026
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