Saatchi & Saatchi New York’s blog for sharing work, news, original perspectives, and everything that informs and inspires them. Visually captivating.

New Zealand is home for me and my family and NZEDGE.COM is my New Zealand site. Optimistic, focused and inspiring, it’s a new way of thinking about national identity in a global world.

Jammed with words and images, opinions and facts. Politics, economics, design, architecture, music, film, fashion – Monocle magazine is a tightly curated slice of the world at your fingertips.

Intelligent thinking and the Internet don’t always go hand in hand, but this site lives up to its name. It was created to bring visitors face to face with deep thinkers across the board. It’s an incredible resource for expert thoughts, opinions, information and inspiration. A “global forum connecting people and ideas.”

The Bookforum Omnivore blog guarantees that you’ll never be short on provocative reading material. Chock full of academic papers, blog posts, news stories and essays culled from all over the web, this regularly updated site plugs you in to some of the hot-button debates that are unfolding around the globe. Registration is free.

A compendium of stimulating videos on the big issues in economics, science, culture and politics. These speeches, panel discussions, debates and presentations are sure to get you thinking.

The Participation Economy in full flow. This community-driven blog is an invaluable resource for the coolest, weirdest and most thought-provoking websites on the Internet. It’s been around since 1999, but is just as relevant today.

A luxurious, glossy lifestyle and culture magazine with all of the wit and intelligence of its parent publication, The Economist, but with a focus on art and ideas. More Intelligent Life bills itself as being about “everything under the sun, as long as it’s interesting.”

John Brockman had a dream: “to seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves.” Mind-blogging.

Jonah Lehrer is a great storyteller with a great story to tell – the story of the emotional brain. Guaranteed to teach you something new each and every time.

The Huffington Post has the distinction of being the most widely read blog in the world. It’s a self-proclaimed “internet newspaper”, and true to founder Arianna Huffington’s ideals HuffPo zones in with a liberal/progressive bent. Guest columnists range from Bill Gates through to Ted Danson, with everything imaginable in between.

For lovers of language and literature alike.  The New Yorker is by turns funny, serious, intelligent, penetrating and relevant.  Its compelling and compulsive cartoons nail the issues du jour in the most amusing and thought-provoking fashion.

TED started in 1984 as a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Today it is one of the largest resources in the world for inspirational, innovative ideas. The website currently hosts over 700 free talks filmed around the world. The viewing figure is approaching 300 million. This is the good stuff.

Gladwell gave us a great insight: The Tipping Point.  And a great follow-up ... Blink – The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Intuitive and provocative – visit the archive of his New Yorker columns.

News, reviews, trends, breakthroughs, disputes, and gossip in arts and culture – complete with links to further enlightenment. Devote some time, then try learning yourself away.