BREAKTHROUGH: How to Get Unstuck and Achieve Anything
"To be alive is to battle stuckness." So declares NYU professor Adam Alter in his new book, "Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Mat...
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The Next Big Idea is a weekly series of in-depth interviews with the world’s leading thinkers. Join our host, Rufus Griscom — along with our curators, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — for conversations that might just change the way you see the world. New episodes every Thursday.
EXCELLENT ADVICE: Life Lessons From Wired Co-Founder Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly has made a career out of looking to the future. He helped pioneer online social networking all the way back in the 1980s, and he co-founde...
SELFLESS: Why “You” Are a Social Creation
You are not autonomous. You are not an island unto yourself. You, my friend, are a social construct. The “self” you haul around — that yammering voice...
The Next Big Idea Club Presents — "Immortality: A User's Guide"
What if you could live forever? Okay, maybe not forever, but for a long, long time — like to 150. First of all, is that even possible? And second, wha...
Steven Johnson & Michael Specter on the Future of Life
Last month, longtime New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter released a brand new audiobook with our friends at Pushkin. It’s called “Higher Animals: ...
You Need a Bedtime (from The Next Big Idea Daily)
What if we told you that every day, in just a few minutes, you could get a master class in better, smarter living from the world's best writers? Sound...
SENSES: Gretchen Rubin’s Guide to Getting Out of Your Head and Into the World
What do your five senses — sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch — have to do with happiness? According to Gretchen Rubin, a great deal. The world a...
PSYCH: The Story of the Human Mind
In his expansive new book, "Psych: The Story of the Human Mind," Paul Bloom, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, lays out, in his ...
PREPPY: The Surprising Origins of American Style
How did Oxford shirts, cashmere sweaters, and chinos become staples of American fashion? How did a style born on Ivy League campuses make its way into...
SUCCESSION: The True Story Behind the Hit Show
So "Succession" is back. The Emmy Award-winning series returned to HBO for its fourth and final season last Sunday. The show, if you haven't seen it, ...