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2 min
Richard Reeves: Why working-class men are facing the sharpest decline
“A lot of the trends in the economy, in family life have just been much harder for working class men.”
12 min
Michio Kaku: Why we don’t even rank on the Kardashev scale
"We're stuck at type zero. But what would it take to move between universes? What would it take to enter a black hole? What would it take to break the light barrier?"
5 min
Nate Silver: Habits of highly successful risk-takers
“If you ask a computer, it will say, most of the time you want to either be raising or folding, right? You want to take an aggressive action or quit. I think this is a great metaphor for lots of things in real life, too.”
7 min
How our expectations shape what we see, hear, and feel
A neuroscientist, a psychologist, and a psychotherapist discuss how emotions are stories built from old experiences.
Unlikely Collaborators
3 min
When does self-discipline become virtue?
What separates a disciplined life from a virtuous one? Psychologist Sarah Schnitker says the answer lies in your purpose.
1 min
The evolution of laziness: Why humans resist the gym
“Nothing about human behavior makes sense except in the light of culture and in anthropology, and we need to understand the cultural component to our behaviors as well.”
8 min
The history of natural selection, in 7 minutes
“The idea of evolution by natural selection is, for me, probably the most beautiful idea in biology.”