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Big Think For John Irving, writing about sex is far from a joyful experience. Instead, the act, laden as it is with Puritan notions of anxiety and unintended consequences, is one of the many terrible things he feels perversely compelled to put his characters through.
Big Think Thrilled to be sending out a signed copy of Richard Dawkins' new book to a lucky commenter! A signed copy of John Irving's new novel, "Last Night in Twisted River" will be given away in the next week.
Big Think In the digital world, there’s a disconnect between the price of production and the final price of the product. What does this mean for business? Wired editor-in-chief, Chris Anderson, explains.
Big Think An Iraq veteran reflects on the disturbing ratio of enemies to innocents killed in combat.
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As the legendary evolutionary biologist explains, human intercourse is far from a basic fact of life as the act throws away half of our genes and is therefore entirely irrational from an evolutionary perspective. Read More
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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia recently opened a
major research university, KAUST, with an endowment to rival Harvard's.
Will it help lead Saudi Arabia to Western-style modernism?
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Robert Lacey: A few weeks ago I went to the opening of King Abdullah’s new university. It’s called KAUST, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and it’s supposed to rival MIT. ...
Big Think Nixonland author Rick Perlstein wonders if any U.S. President will be able to be truly post-partisan given the nature of movement conservatives.
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Rick Perlstein: Well, the problem with Obama’s post-partisan agenda is that he came into it. He came into his presidency at a time when millions of Americans, perhaps even tens of millions of Americans don’t consider a democrat president legitimate. ...
Big Think Just had a great interview w/ Richard Dawkins, who signed a copy of his newest book for a lucky facebook fan--will be given away next week.
Big Think Carrie Battan wonders who likes Facebook more: the British or Americans?
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When news comes out of Twitter using its social networking dominance to market its own brand of wine, it’s easy to get the sense that people might be ushering out Facebook (and everything else, for ...
Big Think Kurt Andersen wonders: Are today's serious, subversive novelists destined for permanent obscurity?
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Kurt Andersen: Well, first of all, there is the problem of novelists being all that celebrated in America if they're very serious as a novelist. I'm not -- well, it's an interesting question. I think, ...
Big Think Fashion historian Caroline Weber is hoping we’ll pass out of the phase in which celebrities are the ultimate trendsetters. Only then will style become original again.
Big Think Arianna Huffington, Gay Talese, and many others discuss their biggest concerns for our time in Big Think's series, "What Keeps You Up at Night?"
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Psychologist
Alison Gopnik has proven that thinking like a baby unlocks creativity, enhances sensation, and sparks new ideas. She explains why drinking an espresso with your lover in Paris is the key to arriving at this
beneficial infantile state.
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Josh Lieb had worked in the writer's rooms of comedy successes from the Simpsons to the Daily Show, but he warns those who want to follow in
his footsteps that the job is full of more frustrations than glory. If
there's anything else you can do, he says, do that.
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