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8mins
Strategy advisor Roger Martin explains how 2,000 year old military thinking is useful in modern business strategy.
6mins
How do we deal with information overload and unlock creativity? Build a second brain.
6mins
Financial experts explain 4 types of money behavior.
Million Stories
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5mins
“What you pay attention to, is your life.” Where do you place precious brain resources?
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5mins
Do humans have souls, or are we just particles? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains.
7mins
We’re afraid to talk about money–and that costs us.
Million Stories
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5mins
“There’s a sense of crisis today that we did not have in the 1980’s or 90’s” — economist Tyler Cowen on progress in America.
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How to defeat debaters who deal in distractions, according to a two-time world debate champion.
7mins
Is it better to be rational or optimistic? Steven Pinker explains.
15mins
Male inequality — the enormous cultural shift happening right under our nose.
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4mins
Why do so many cultures celebrate holidays at the same time of year?
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6mins
How did complex systems emerge from chaos? Physicist Sean Carroll explains.
3mins
Deep secrets don’t explode. They do something worse, explains Michael Slepian.
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6mins
In 1965, six boys were stranded on an island. Fifteen months later, the survivors were rescued. How many were there?
John Templeton Foundation
3mins
Climate change. War. Civil unrest. Is it responsible to have kids today?
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6mins
If your inner voice is cruel, try these steps to reclaim your mind.
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1hr 33mins
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Universe, explained by physicist Sean Carroll.
3mins
Our impulse to seek out agreement is stifling us, says world debate champion Bo Seo.
7mins
What astronaut Ron Garan saw in space changed his life forever – here’s what it taught him.