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1700s economic principles predicted Uber. A Nobel Prize-winning economist explains why.
Institute for Humane Studies
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From Kim Kardashian’s stories to your friend’s Facebook post: social media is designed to keep you jealous.
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College doesn’t pay off for a lot of people. So he started a school that doesn’t get paid unless you do.
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What would you do differently if you listened to your true desires?
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“The Universe is swarming with scapegoats, yet none of us think we have any of our own.”
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Should we worry about fascist politics? Philosopher Jason Stanley plays devil’s advocate.
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Propaganda urges you to mobilize towards something while concealing from you things that you reasonably should think and consider.
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Darwin, Descartes, and Maxwell all believed in these science ‘demons.’
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People usually think about the military when they talk about trauma. But for every soldier who gets PTSD in a war zone, there’s at least 30 children who get traumatized […]
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How do fascist leaders take hold? Lying to a whole nation, and having them believe you, is just one tenth of it.
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Negative thoughts? Here’s how to rewire your mind
Are you in love? Trust your mother over your brain.
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Our current form of education is almost 200 years old. What should schools of the future look like?
Stand Together
From the first computer to modern AI: how to tell if machines are intelligent.
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Experts say we should only be working 15 hours per week, so why are some working 80?
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We can’t edit tweets, but we can edit our own DNA.
Thanks to time-traveling telescopes, we can see more about the Big Bang
Google maps won’t guide you to Mars – but will your compass work in space?
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Astrophysicist Michelle Thaller explains how a solar storm could wipe out civilization… and what we can do to prevent catastrophe.
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Conventional psychiatric practices tell us that if we feel bad, take this drug and it will go away. But after years of research with some of the top psychiatric practitioners […]