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Why investing should be boring | Barry Ritholtz

Why investing should be boring | Barry Ritholtz

Oct 27, 2025 1m 21s
How progress stops progress | Derek Thompson

How progress stops progress | Derek Thompson

Thompson tells the story of regulation in America — how the solutions to 20th century problems became the new problem...

Oct 18, 2025 1m 48s
The science of romantic love, explained an anthropologist | Helen Fisher

The science of romantic love, explained an anthropologist | Helen Fisher

“No matter what their gods were, what they did for a living, what they wore, the songs they sang, everything varies e...

Oct 17, 2025 16m 55s
Can you learn faster with AI? | Marvin Liyanage

Can you learn faster with AI? | Marvin Liyanage

The internet is plastered with AI clickbait promising you 10x productivity gains if you use the right ChatGPT prompts...

Oct 17, 2025 1m 18s
Sean Carroll: Are we living in a clockwork universe?

Sean Carroll: Are we living in a clockwork universe?

“The universe clicks along in perfect accord with the laws of physics forever.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► ...

Oct 16, 2025 9m 29s
The online gambling epidemic | Richard Reeves

The online gambling epidemic | Richard Reeves

Oct 16, 2025 2m 43s
Addictions and habits, explained by a neuroscientist, a psychologist, and a journalist

Addictions and habits, explained by a neuroscientist, a psychologist, and a journalist

We created this video in partnership with Unlikely Collaborators. Your brain makes habits stick. The good news? The ...

Oct 15, 2025 6m 52s
The Nietzsche Thesis | Jonny Thomson

The Nietzsche Thesis | Jonny Thomson

According to Nietzsche, few people actually care about the truth . Few people care about facts . Instead, most people...

Oct 15, 2025 1m 29s
Why you should raise or fold | Nate Silver

Why you should raise or fold | Nate Silver

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Oct 15, 2025 57s
The psychology of loneliness

The psychology of loneliness

This interview is an episode from ‪@The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created wit...

Oct 14, 2025 2m 51s
Are there particles we haven

Are there particles we haven't discovered yet? | Sean M. Carroll

Oct 14, 2025 2m 6s
Why do we dumb things down? | Marvin Liyanage

Why do we dumb things down? | Marvin Liyanage

If you walk into a room with a baby, you will automatically change how you speak. Why do we do that? It turns out tha...

Oct 11, 2025 1m 19s
Are we becoming less social? | Derek Thompson

Are we becoming less social? | Derek Thompson

Oct 11, 2025 1m 24s
Saving young men starts with changing how we talk about them | Richard Reeves

Saving young men starts with changing how we talk about them | Richard Reeves

“It's certainly clear that the issues of boys and men haven't gone away in the last few years. If anything, they're g...

Oct 10, 2025 20m 53s
How fiction reveals truths journalism cannot | Lawrence Wright

How fiction reveals truths journalism cannot | Lawrence Wright

“As a reporter, you can look into the eyes of the people you're talking to and try to evaluate what they're thinking ...

Oct 09, 2025 16m 20s