Our April issue is live!
Highlights:
⬤ How "self-healing" electric grids are keeping the lights on as climate disasters and AI demand strain the system, by Grant Mulligan
⬤ Why rest alone doesn't restore your energy (and what does), by Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuranne
⬤ The centuries-old dream of eating sunlight directly — and the scientists now making it real, by Thomas Moynihan
Read it on bigthink.com. Link in bio.
🎨 Vincent Romero
Our March issue, The Roots of Resilience is live now on bigthink.com.
Some of what's inside:
⬤ A neuroscientist's perspective on what happens when resilience backfires @neuranne
⬤ What we can learn from daffodils about outliving the winter @philosophyminis
⬤ How Tommy Caldwell lost a finger, survived a kidnapping, and became a rock climbing legend @tommycaldwell
Read it on bigthink.com. Link in bio.
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🎨 @rooovie
Our second monthly issue, "Biology's New Era," is live now on bigthink.com.
In this issue, we explore the bleeding edge of biotech, as well as the scientists, writers, and philosophers whose efforts helped get us here.
Some of what's inside:
⬤ Scientist-turned-writer Alex Hutchinson uses the legend of Secretariat to probe the limits of human athletic performance.
⬤ Futurist Peter Leyden examines how synthetic biology could help save Earth.
⬤ Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel challenges the leading theory of how life began.
All that and much, much more. We hope you enjoy.
🎨 Blake Cale @blake__cale
This monthly issue was made possible with support from @biohub , an organization that, like Big Think, believes technology can help us build a healthier future.
New research paper from MIT modeled what happens when rational people talk to AI chatbots… aaand the takeaway is that we are all susceptible to delusional thinking when faced with agreeable AI agents.
What do we do about this beyond awareness?
Traditional deep reading is declining.
Jonny Thomson @philosophyminis explores the 3 types of reading (and the 2 you'll pick).
Read the full article on bigthink.com. Link in bio.
AI is not the root problem.
According to Eric Markowitz, AI is a mirror reflecting a system that already treats human value as expendable.
Read the full article on bigthink.com. Link in bio.
We've been "rawdogging" for centuries.
Laura Kennedy explains the neuroscience behind the timeless practice of doing nothing.
Read the full article on bigthink.com. Link in bio.
