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1hr 23mins
Full Interview
The terrifying ways that social media is altering teenage brains
Why social media is the perfect recipe for kids to become addicted to their smartphones.
Clare Morell
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12mins
The Big Think Interview
The great friendship collapse: inside the anti-social century
“You can debate all sorts of things about how the texture of American life has changed. What you can't debate is the sheer, objective, existential fact that Americans are more alone than ever.”
Derek Thompson
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6mins
The Well
How your brain creates reality, explained by a neuroscientist
Your "social reality" isn’t an absolute reality. A leading neuroscientist explains why.
Lisa Feldman Barrett
A black silhouette of a human head with a rectangular section cut out, revealing a profile face against a cloudy blue sky, symbolizes the limits of our attention span.
5mins
The Well
How to unlock your “peak mind”
“What you pay attention to, is your life.” Where do you place precious brain resources?
Amishi Jha
John Templeton Foundation
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5mins
The Well
Your moral compass could be broken
People rarely question their own moral compass. But do you know what shapes yours?
Liane Young
John Templeton Foundation
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