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Why do people have the same fights, over and over again? That's the repetition compulsion, a deeply ingrained psychological phenomenon—but not so deep that it can't be beaten.
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Novelist and author Yiyun Li tells stories from her stay in a psychiatric hospital: "Sometimes it's the irrational that is real. Sometimes it's the unreal that leads to the most rational response."
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Before you follow another "tip" or "trick," there's something Alan Alda wants you to know.
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How to be media savvy? Sample ideas you disagree with, and be duly skeptical of celebrity journalists.
Lord Martin Rees, a world-leading cosmologist, explains the possibility of multiverse theory. “It's speculative, it's exciting science, and it may be true."
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Being bullied by his stepfather taught world-renowned chef Eric Ripert a lot about keeping your composure.
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Social media has created some perfect crowd-think tools. But are people really listen to the conversations?
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Science and the arts both reward curiousness and uncertainty. They both attract great outside-the-box minds.
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Is your Facebook wall more of a façade? Data shows that people are brutally honest with Google, but that Facebook is a pack of shameless lies.
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Can you have hope in the face of death? For believers this is somewhat easier, but non-theists require a different set of philosophical tools.
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Your future happiness and success will depend on the double-edged sword of embracing new technology to stay connected, and being smart enough to unplug at the right time.
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A.I. will bring a series of social and financial changes, and it will force us to confront a problem we've been avoiding for much too long, says Joscha Bach.
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We've all heard the line "free will is an illusion". But it may be much more an allusion—to society and culture and our surroundings—than we've ever given it credit for.
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Even when the outlook looks bleak, the entrepreneur says, remember to give back.
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"Hope" and "change" works both ways, says a former Obama campaign leader. It's time to inspire people who believe their voice doesn't matter before it's too late.
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Sometimes single words contain whole worlds. Here are some of the best.
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America today has normalized crimes, both physical and spiritual, says Cornel West—and being indifferent to that is the worst of all evils.
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What happens to a nation that only reads headlines? They get journalists who chase clicks, rather than facts.
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We used to use technology. Now technology uses us. Silicon Valley ethicist Tristan Harris explains how the attention economy hijacked our self-worth for profit.
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Humans tend to hunker down in our own minds and trust what we already believe to be true. This emotion-based way of thought isn't often the best way to think about anything, and often leads to gridlock.