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Jo Becker
A woman smiling at camera.
8mins
Perception Box
Paralyzed, Alana Nichols thought her athletic career was over. Then she changed her mind.
Alana Nichols
Unlikely Collaborators
A person with short dark hair and a beard sits indoors wearing a brown jacket and dark shirt. The background features blurred indoor elements and a tree.
8mins
Perception Box
Dhar Mann on failure, fatherhood, and the spreadsheet that changed his life
Dhar Mann
Unlikely Collaborators
Illustration featuring an eye, an ear, and a hand, each encircled by overlapping multicolored circles.
7mins
Perception Box
How to step out of your inner monologue and understand the world better
David Eagleman
Unlikely Collaborators
Image showing multiple notifications of "Direct messages" overlaid with the text "PERCEPTION VS. REALITY" in bold, emphasizing the contrast between appearance and actual experience.
4mins
Perception Box
Death threats and imposter syndrome: social media star Carrie Berk on dealing with fame and success
Carrie Berk
Unlikely Collaborators
A woman with grey hair, wearing a colorful sweater and purple gloves, holds a human brain.
9mins
Perception Box
How experiencing a stroke helped a neuroanatomist understand reality and connectedness
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor
Unlikely Collaborators
A man with dreadlocks standing in front of a bush.
6mins
Perception Box
Shaka Senghor explains how he found inner peace after life in prison
Shaka Senghor
Unlikely Collaborators
A man in a black shirt with speech bubbles that say trauma comics art.
6mins
Perception Box
Comics, trauma and art: the origin story of Jim Lee
Jim Lee
Unlikely Collaborators
A man with glasses and a brain in front of a yellow background.
6mins
Perception Box
Can you trust your memory? This neuroscientist isn’t so sure
André Fenton
Unlikely Collaborators
A collage featuring detailed illustrations of an eye, nose, ear, mouth with tongue, and a hand against a light background.
43mins
The Well
Consciousness: Not just a problem for philosophers
Kmele Foster
5mins
Perception Box
Michael Oher on what “The Blind Side” didn’t show
Michael Oher
Unlikely Collaborators
A vintage-style illustration of a child holding up a plate and looking at a ball or orb floating above it, set against a solid blue background.
5mins
The Well
The case against specializing
David Epstein
John Templeton Foundation
Abstract illustration of segmented, wood-textured shapes arranged in an oval formation on a green background.
7mins
The Well
The invisible math that controls the world
Albert-László Barabási
John Templeton Foundation
5mins
Personal Growth
Why divergent thinkers beat geniuses in the real world
David Epstein
5mins
Progress
What happened to America?
Tyler Cowen
Thinking
Gen. Stanley McChrystal: Assess risk like a 4-star general
Stanley McChrystal
Workforce automation
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Are robots really taking our jobs?
Jamie Merisotis
Lumina Foundation
post secondary education
3mins
Latest Videos
The US is falling behind in higher education. Can we turn the tide?
Courtney Brown
Lumina Foundation
Smart Skills
Sludge: How paperwork, wait times, and confusion degrade our well-being
Cass Sunstein
The Fearless Girl Statue
Neuropsych
An act of self-forgery: Imposter syndrome and how to overcome it
Alisa Cohn
Neuropsych
Poker: The high-stakes way to unlock your potential
Maria Konnikova
Thinking
Lead your team toward collaborative problem solving
Keith Ferrazzi
The Present
The internet turns 50
Mark Moring
Hard Science
How a future Nobel Winner inspired me
Marcelo Gleiser
Hard Science
The pull of Jupiter
ORBITER Staff
Life
About that “A-word”
Mark Moring

Though it may seem like a quintessentially 19th century problem to many Americans, child labor is surprisingly prevalent throughout the First World.

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