Genome And Culture
Understanding how the extraordinary cultural structures we witness in society serve our genetic fitness…. Intriguing!! (**Near the end, libertarians on the left. Not right…**)
Do Justice Love Mercy
For a person who is silenced, I am a voice. For a person lost in a nightmare, i am permission to dream. Amid instability, constancy Amidst cynicism and shame, I am innocence restored. In a dark labyrinth of bureaucracy, I am a way through. Where others are moved to pity, I am moved to action. Though i may be visited by discouragement, I do not play host to despair. For while my appointment may come from my fans and fam, my calling comes from within. To the person cast upon the mercy of an often…
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The Puzzle of Creative Masterpieces
There is a huge gap between the creative cultural icons of our time and the artists and designers who are just as talented but remain overlooked. Creative people go through a lot of trial and error to make beautiful work, and it can be very disheartening when nobody cares about it. When faced with an open-ended design problem or tasked with creating a work of art, the creative process can feel…
Stress Shrinks Your Brain!!
About Lisa Genova: Lisa Genova is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Still Alice, Left Neglected, Love Anthony, Inside the O'Briens, and Every Note Played. Still Alice was adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, and Kristen Stewart. Lisa graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in biopsychology and holds a PhD in neuroscience from…
Flow Focus: Easy Effort
Flow is often described as a state of effortless effort. The term is coined by Gerta who uses the German word roush, which means overflowing with joy. William James worked on the topic, but Mihaly csikszentmihalyi is the godfather of flow psychology. The flow triggers are your toolkit. 22 of them have been discovered. Once you have purpose, the system demands autonomy. Flow is universal in humans,…
20 Signs of Emotional Maturity
No matter how old we get, none of us ever quite become entirely emotionally mature, but having a list of what emotional maturity looks like on hand could be a way to keep track of our progress and nudge ourselves in the right direction. Here is a detailed summary of many of the possible components of maturity. Produced in collaboration with: Sophie Olga De Jong http://www.sophieolga.com/ Produced…
Afford Anything
It's very simple to think of bright, instantly rewarding investment possibilities as a path to financial security. A software that can lead you to easy street, a cryptocurrency with a hockey-sticking price, and a tremendous. success on the stock market. Paula Pant, the host of the Afford Anything podcast, argues that achieving true financial freedom is a lifelong journey. Imagine your financial…
Ways we conceptualize “Work” and “Society”
How do you think hunter-gatherers lived throughout human history? You may assume that in a society where simply existing was a full-time job, their daily lives consisted of a perpetual struggle between eating and being devoured. However, according to an anthropological study, that wasn't the case. For instance, when anthropologist James Suzman visited the Ju/'hoansi hunter-gatherers in the…
On the Nature of Secrets. 1 in 3 commit infidelity. Are you the 1?
About one-third of people have committed infidelity at some point in their lives. If you're one of them, should you confess it to your romantic partner? One way to answer the question is to consider whether you would want to know if your partner had cheated on you: Surveys show that 77% of people would want to know, but that still leaves about a quarter of us who'd prefer ignorance. It's also…
Stoic philosophy for developing self-discipline.
This podcast explores Stoic philosophy that may help develope self-discipline.
Does Money Buy Happiness? From humble beginnings to being a billionaire
While there is no one definitive answer to this question, Some people believe that having a lot of money makes them happy, while others feel that it doesn't really matter how much money they have as long as they’re content with who they are. The important thing is that you find out what makes you happy in life and focus on those things. Money just makes finding that stuff easier. For billionaire…