We surprise some of the world's brightest minds with ideas they're not at all prepared to discuss. With host Jason Gots and special guests Neil Gaiman, Alan Alda, Salman Rushdie, Mary-Louise Parker, Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Saul Williams, Henry Rollins, Bill Nye, George Takei, Maria Popova, and many more . . . You've got 10 minutes with Einstein. What do you talk about? Black holes? Time travel? Why not gambling? The Art of War? Contemporary parenting? Some of the best conversations happen when we're pushed outside of our comfort zones. So each week on Think Again, we surprise smart people you've probably heard of with hand-picked gems from Big Think's interview archives on every imaginable subject. The conversation could go anywhere. SINCE 2008, BIG THINK has captured on video the best ideas of the world’s leading thinkers and doers in every field, renowned experts including neurologist Oliver Sacks, physicist Stephen Hawking, behavioral psychologist Daniel Kahneman, authors Margaret Atwood and Marylinne Robinson, entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, painter Chuck Close, and philosopher Daniel Dennett.
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16. Jane McGonigal (Game Designer) – Game On!/Death to "Gamification"
Fantasy can save your life but how much is too much? This week we discuss three surprise ideas with game developer and researcher Jane McGonigal.
15. Salman Rushdie (Novelist) – Happiness/Monsters
Did you know that before he “jumped ship to the useless, unemployable arts", Salman Rushdie wanted to be a physicist? This and more on Big Think's weekly podcast, Think Again.
14. Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner – Free $#!+/Hidden Costs
Are Pirate Bay (illegal, free) and Spotify (legit, really cheap) undermining artists' incentive to create? This week on Big Think's podcast, we're joined by Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner.
13. "Reply All" Hosts PJ & Alex – Future Crime/Personal Yoda/Bonus Track
Is weaponized DNA something we should be worrying about? Can we escape our own irrationality? Does the future look like "Mad Max"? This week on Big Think's podcast, we're joined by Alex Goldman and PJ Vogt, from "Reply All," and the amazing Matt Farley wr
12. George Takei (Actor + Activist) – Ego/Focus/Xenophobia
Is attention an endangered species? How do you collaborate with people who hate you? This week on Big Think's podcast, we're joined by actor, activist, and internet superhero George Takei.
11. Tina Roth Eisenberg (AKA @swissmiss) – Culture Theory/Color Theory
How do colors affect us psychologically? Will a less hierarchical, more collaborative society lead inevitably to robot wars? This week on Big Think's podcast, we're joined by design entrepreneur Tina Roth Eisenberg (AKA @swissmiss).
10. Mark Epstein (Buddhist Psychotherapist) – Nature/Nurture/Neither
Will nanobots someday deposit Shakespeare directly into our brains? If we paid politicians tons of money would they do a better job? This week on Big Think's podcast, we're joined by Buddhist psychiatrist and author Mark Epstein.
9. Henry Rollins (Artist), pt. II – American Trauma/The Word "Genius"
Can anything cure what ails America? What's a "genius", exactly? This week on Big Think's podcast, we're joined by the legendary musician and spoken word artist Henry Rollins.
8. Maria Konnikova (Author) – Mindset/Creativity/Suburban B-Boyz
Do schools kill creativity? Should white boys ever rap or breakdance? This week on Think Again we're joined by Maria Konnikova, author of Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
7. Baratunde Thurston (Comedian, Cultural Critic) – Stupidity Scaled/Robot Rights/Brand You
At what point do sex robots become sex slaves? How are bandwidth and storage capacity changing our lives? Can you have a "personal brand" and "be yourself" at the same time? This week we're joined by author and tech pundit Baratunde Thurston, "a philosoph