Henry Rollins For President t-shirt by Hello Henry
 
A short video from Big Think wherein Henry Rollins describes the actions he would take if he were President of the United States of America. Say what you like about Rollins’ music and his stand-up (or even his views about the younger generations) but he seems to have a pretty good grasp of what would be expected of him in office. So, would you vote Rollins for President?
 

 
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Pictures of Henry Rollins with long hair
Does Henry Rollins pass the Man Test?
Lydia Lunch and Henry Rollins: a tale of jealousy, rage and obsession
Henry Rollins mutant gene
“Hi Mom! Still alive!” Black Flag and the Punk violence hysteria of 1980-81

 
Big Think is a website devoted to giving some big brains a platform to spout off on topics meaningful to them, and hopefully to other citizens of this planet we call Earth. With a cadre of boldface names like Ricky Gervais, Robert Wright, Stephen Fry and Ray Kurzweil, Big Think aims to put its readers in touch with… well, big thinkers on topics like sustainability, religion, alternate energy sources, artificial intelligence, history, justice, cultural identity, politics and much more. It is what tends to be called a “heady brew”!

Perusing the site this morning, I watched this sincere short video with M.I.T. professor Noam Chomsky—probably America’s single most important intellectual—discussing the concept of what love is. He admits at the outset that he really doesn’t know, but he takes a good stab at it anyway. Big Think does a great job at fulfilling its mission statement with articles and videos quite akin to TED conference speeches. If you like TED talks (and who doesn’t?) then Big Think is probably a site you’ll want to bookmark, pronto.

Here’s a tip: Don’t miss author Gay Talese on “getting drunk at the New York Times” in the 1960s
 
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