Is attention an endangered species? How do you collaborate with someone who hates you? Is xenophobia a natural side effect of religion?In this week's episode of Big Think's Think Again podcast, host <a href="http://bigthink.com/experts/jasongots">Jason Gots</a> is joined by actor, activist, and internet superhero <a href="http://www.georgetakei.com/">George Takei</a>.Interview clips from <a href="https://youtu.be/iHc5kt0DYUA">Ayaan Hirsi Ali</a>, <a href="http://bigthink.com/videos/three-types-of-attention">Ben Parr</a>, and <a href="http://bigthink.com/videos/daniel-kahneman-adversarial-collaboration">Daniel Kahneman</a> launch a lively conversation about religion,human rights, and the three types of attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Is attention an endangered species? How do you collaborate with someone who hates you? Is xenophobia a natural side effect of religion? In this week's episode of Big Think's Think Again podcast, host Jason Gots is joined by actor, activist, and internet superhero George Takei. Interview clips from Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ben Parr, and Daniel Kahneman launch a lively conversation about religion,human rights, and the three types of attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is attention an endangered species? How do you collaborate with someone who hates you? Is xenophobia a natural side effect of religion?In this week's episode of Big Think's Think Again podcast, host&nbsp;<a href="http://bigthink.com/experts/jasongots" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jason Gots</a>&nbsp;is joined by actor, activist, and internet superhero&nbsp;<a href="http://www.georgetakei.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">George Takei</a>.Interview clips from&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/iHc5kt0DYUA" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ayaan Hirsi Ali</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://bigthink.com/videos/three-types-of-attention" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ben Parr</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://bigthink.com/videos/daniel-kahneman-adversarial-collaboration" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daniel Kahneman</a>&nbsp;launch a lively conversation about religion,human rights, and the three types of attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

12. George Takei (Actor + Activist) – Ego/Focus/Xenophobia

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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