Winning the Battle Against Yourselfsciart0Sep 131 min readMany of us have been raised to believe that if we want to get something done, we just need to set our minds to it. Where there’s a will, there’s a way, right? Yet somehow we end up polishing off that pint of ice cream in the freezer, or spending more than our budget allows. It’s almost as if we’re not the ones in charge. This week, we talk with psychologist and neuroscientist Emily Falk about why our minds often conspire against our best interests, and how we can regain control.
The First Prophet of AbundanceDavid Lilienthal’s account of his years running the Tennessee Valley Authority can read like the Abundance of 1944. We still have a lot to learn from what the book says — and from what it leaves out.
WHY IS ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. SO CONVINCED HE’S RIGHT?How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
What the S&P 500 is hiding about the economyA few trillion-dollar companies are powering the market’s gains. Here’s what’s happening to most other businesses in the United States. Thanks Tom!