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Exploring the secrets of human creativity
Listen to explore what creativity is, how it works, and how we can use it in unexpected ways Description of the audio file: When we...
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Jun 61 min read
Quick relief for some forms of anxiety
Just a few hours of therapy-like interventions can reduce teen (and adult?) anxiety. Excerpt: "The strange little PowerPoint asks me to...
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Jun 62 min read
Your professional decline may be coming much sooner than you're anticipating
How to make the most of it Excerpt: ' “It’s not true that no one needs you anymore.” These words came from an elderly woman sitting...
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Jun 62 min read
Numbers don't always equal truth
Our attempts to establish scientific proof can harden into dogma. The target of ‘statistical significance’ leads some to massage data....
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Jun 62 min read
Humanity According to Alasdair MacIntrye
Reminding us of the importance of love and friendship Excerpt: " Normally classified as a philosopher of ethics, MacIntyre was a fierce...
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Jun 62 min read
The moral dimension of A.I. for work and workers
There is no future where young people are able to thrive without embracing AI technology. Pope Francis’ leadership on artificial...
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Jun 51 min read
More on the four-day work week (4DWW)
Marketing hype or happiness/productivity hack? KEY POINTS A 4DWW improves work-life balance, reduces stress, and enhances overall...
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Jun 51 min read
Fostering more creative communities
Wharton Nano-Tool: from brainwave to breakthroughs Related paper Excerpt: Goal Apply neuroscience-based strategies to unlock innovative...
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Jun 51 min read
Why Wittgenstein Was Right About Silence
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one may find life’s deeper meanings. Excerpt: " M y preoccupation with writing about meaning, love, and...
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Jun 52 min read
How fast are you presently moving through space?
Start by asking the question, "Relative to what?" KEY TAKEAWAYS Although we barely feel it at all, planet Earth is moving relative to...
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Jun 51 min read
How to succeed at being a polymath
The outrageously accomplished magician-inventor-author chats to Big Think about fear, multitasking, and successful work-life reinvention....
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Jun 51 min read
The "SSS" framework: how to change the world, and your life, with what you have
Aiming our attention, thoughts and careers at the world's problem s KEY TAKEAWAYS Despite caring deeply, many feel overwhelmed by the...
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Jun 51 min read
Increasing fatique, numbness, indifference and ambivalence toward leaders in the U.S.
A potentially very dangerous condition Excerpt: " Even if most Americans haven’t abandoned their private sense of empathy, many don’t...
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Jun 51 min read
Three opinions of responding to grief
How we handle grief largely depends on our worldview. Here is how three famous philosophers handled the certainty of grief and despair....
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Jun 51 min read
Our society needs innovation within Christianity
One opinion Another opinion KEY TAKEAWAYS In Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy , journalist Jonathan Rauch...
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Jun 51 min read
Why we should worry about nuclear weapons again
The Cold War prospect of global annihilation has faded from consciousness, but the warheads remain. Excerpt: Over the past 30 years,...
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Jun 51 min read
Is big tech's A.I. game coming into focus?
One app to rule them all Excerpt:" If Google has its way, there will be no search bars, no search terms, no searching (at least not by...
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Jun 42 min read
How to fall behind in the age of A.I.
An opinion regarding the age of artifical ignorance Excerpt: "Look, I get it. Every day, dozens of headlines proclaim that AI is the...
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Jun 41 min read
Every place is the same now
With a phone, anywhere else is just a tap away Excerpt: Those old enough to remember video-rental stores will recall the crippling...
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Jun 42 min read
Skepticism about the value of the college investment
Feelings versus facts don't always match (but the life value is hard to deny) Excerpt: " College-graduation ceremonies are expressions of...
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Jun 42 min read
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