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Near death experiences
A psychiatrist studied 1,000 near-death experiences. Here’s what he discovered.
social media
Social media isn’t the majority – it’s the vocal fringe.
Stand Together
Workforce automation
The U.S. economy is creating thousands of new jobs each month–and overwhelmingly, most of them go to people with education beyond high school.
Lumina Foundation
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5mins
Dr. Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist, who is questioning the very nature of life and how we’re attempting to find it elsewhere.
John Templeton Foundation
types of cults
Scientology, QAnon, and Heaven’s Gate: why do we seek healing from cults?
success
The only way to support someone’s success is to understand how they define it.
Stand Together
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5mins
Michio Kaku believes math is the mind of God.
John Templeton Foundation
trust
4mins
A majority of Americans think they are trustworthy, yet believe most other people can’t be trusted.
Stand Together
post secondary education
3mins
40% of today’s students work full time while another 40% are over the age of 25. Here’s how to change higher education to fit today's students.
Lumina Foundation
A target with several arrows on the ground nearby and none hitting the bullseye, capturing the joy of being wrong.
3mins
Arguments on social media are notorious. Can practicing intellectual humility make us smarter and happier? Science says yes.
John Templeton Foundation
Finding happiness in life
3mins
He’s written 7 books on happiness. He’s studied it for 30 years. He even taught it at Harvard. What can Tal Ben-Shahar tell you about really being happy?
Generational illusions
4mins
We’re wrong about what other people think – and that has harmful impacts on the next generation.
Stand Together
Sludge may be inevitable, but there are better ways to manage such frictions in our daily lives.
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3mins
Psychologist Daniel Goleman shares what he learned by studying the brain waves of Olympic-level meditators, and his findings are unprecedented.
John Templeton Foundation
digital amnesia
3mins
Is social media changing your memory? Here’s what the science actually says.
what are collective illusions
1mins
From trust and conformity to aspiration, this new series, hosted by Todd Rose, explores and decodes the world's greatest Collective Illusions.
Stand Together
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To understand the edges of our universe, we’ll need to explore the edges of our own philosophies.
John Templeton Foundation
Happiness study
3mins
Why studying happiness is good for your “psychological immune system,” explained by Harvard “happiness professor” Tal Ben-Sharar.
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8mins
IQ tests only measure two of the eight intelligences. Howard Gardner explains them all.
John Templeton Foundation