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Big Think is a multimedia knowledge company with a mission to help people get smarter, faster. To achieve this we create content on three different platforms, focused on three different outcomes:

1. Our free public website, BigThink.com, and our public YouTube channel help our global audience identify and understand the big ideas that they need to know today. Through idea-driven video interviews with thousands of global thought leaders, including Eric Schmidt, Larry Summers, Oliver Sacks, Peter Thiel, Dr. Michio Kaku, and many, many more.

2. Our Mentor Subscription Content connects our world-class mentors with a global community of smart, driven users to teach the habits of mind and people skills they need to live happier, healthier, more productive lives.

3. Our Big Think+ professional development training content helps results-driven companies provide the knowledge and skills that will make their employees at every level more productive, engaged, motivated and happy.

09/11/2026

Why we are finding more potential alien planets | Adam Frank

09/10/2026

Where does pain come from? | Rachel Zoffness

09/09/2026

How we think about pain is wrong.

We assume pain = tissue damage.

Something in our body is broken — that’s where pain comes from.

We treat pain with surgery or pain drugs.

Not only has that gone horribly wrong...but it’s an insufficient understanding of how pain works.

The truth is pain is created by your brain.

90% of back pain isn’t correlated to actual tissue damage.

Pain is dependent on biopsychosocial ingredients like sleep, emotions, stress, and even our thoughts.

That means just learning about pain can change the pain we feel.

09/09/2026

How to express your needs (without conflict) | John Gottman

Why don't we treat exercise like medicine?
09/07/2026

Why don't we treat exercise like medicine?

09/04/2026

Why do we measure temperature? | Adam Frank

When to trust your intuition
09/04/2026

When to trust your intuition

Machine learning is helping us investigate the intelligence of plants and fungi.
09/03/2026

Machine learning is helping us investigate the intelligence of plants and fungi.

09/02/2026

What people misunderstand about love | Julie Gottman

08/12/2026

The richest thing you will ever own | Giulia Enders

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