The neuroscience of arousal | Emily Nagoski
“The sexual excitation system is the accelerator or the gas pedal, and it notices all the sex-related information in the environment.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, You were lied to about sex. Here’s the truth | Full Interview ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3mDt4oV88o Past decades of sex researchContinue Reading
Become stronger: Jumpstart your anti-fragile systems | Tal Ben-Shahar: Full Interview
“There’s research showing that people who are curious, who ask questions, are not just happier, they’re not just more successful, they also live longer.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Antifragility: How to use suffering to get stronger ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISjRSek5Xbs Success, status, and achievements promise toContinue Reading
Why humanity is so significant | Brian Cox
Professor Brian Cox shares how life’s ability to manipulate its environment could one day make it significant on a cosmological scale.Continue Reading
Inside the mind of a white-collar criminal | Kelly Richmond Pope
“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, The 4 financial statements every smart person should understand | Full Interview ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7KyehyBxH0 We often think of fraud as the work of greedyContinue Reading
Why goodness still matters in a self-optimized world
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 Schnitker’s next interview ► When does self-discipline become virtue? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOnZFN6T08g What really makes someone a good person? Psychologist and neuroscientist SarahContinue Reading
The male inequality problem is getting worse | Richard Reeves: Full Interview
“A lot of the trends in the economy, in family life have just been much harder for working class men.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The friendship recession ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpOan0hqdNA Richard Reeves argues that this quiet male crisis has been decades in the making, andContinue Reading
Richard Reeves: Why working-class men are facing the sharpest decline | Full Interview
“A lot of the trends in the economy, in family life have just been much harder for working class men.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The friendship recession ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpOan0hqdNA Richard Reeves argues that this quiet male crisis has been decades in the making, andContinue Reading
Stop over-apologizing | Jefferson Fisher
Jefferson Fisher explains how dropping “I’m sorry” — when it isn’t necessary — can make you sound stronger and more self-assured. Watch the full class here: https://bigthinkmedia.substack.com/subscribe?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=membershipsContinue Reading