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Why Silicon Valley wants to automate 3.5 million blue-collar truck drivers out of existence.
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Lumina Foundation wants to help 16.4 million people get a quality credential by 2025, and they're looking for entrepreneurs with the vision to help realize that goal.
Lumina Foundation
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From the Revolutionary War, to Rosa Parks and #MeToo, whistleblowing and civil disobedience are in America's DNA.
Institute for Humane Studies
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It may be an uncomfortable thing to do, but creating a will can save your loved ones a lot of headaches after you're gone.
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The premier hospitals tend to have the most superbugs — they also have the best experts.
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Suffering can buffer us, and make us more polished versions of ourselves — if we have the right attitude.
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Light controls your body clock. Hack it to get better sleep.
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Historian Maragaret O'Mara explains why a tech utopia was, and still might be, a pipe dream.
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Like it or not, most jobs still require some kind of secondary degree. PeerForward is working with low-income communities to ensure that students aren't excluded based on their zip code.
Lumina Foundation
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Here are some practical ways to disagree and get along with someone at the same time.
Institute for Humane Studies
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Stargazing is a form of time travel.
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Stargazing is a form of time travel.
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Someday we'll beam to the moon for afternoon tea, and be back in New York for dinner.
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If philosophers don't try to mesh their long-held views with new scientific insights, then we have a problem.
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What you eat — and when — can make you superhuman.
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Want to learn better? Here's a lesson from cognitive psychology.
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What are the best ideas out there to innovate our rapidly changing education system? The Lumina Foundation has partnered with Big Think to find them.
Lumina Foundation
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Here's what to say in an era where many people are too afraid to say anything.
Institute for Humane Studies
How one microbiologist is leading the way toward eradicating a terrible disease.
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Grief is real. Give it time.