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[5:43] The Buddha’s philosophy teaches us that our desires are at the root of our restlessness – and that c…

[17:42] This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In this critically im…

[2:23:06] The documentary film Status Anxiety (2004), presented by Alain de Botton and based on his book of the same nam…

[17:24] Daniel Bergner is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and the author of four books of nonficti…

[4:52] What if we covered the groom in feathers or ate the wedding leftovers from out of a toilet? These bizarre wedding t…

[5:21] Philosopher Peter Singer discusses the state of global ethics. [Video source: Big Think YouTube link]…

[19:19] Radical philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb offers a blueprint for how to live – and thrive – in a wo…

[5:57] Extensive biological and developmental research shows significant neglect—the ongoing disruption or sig…

[2:13] Writer Alain De Botton says that status anxiety is more pernicious and destructive than most of us can imagine, a…

[2:18] In some crucial areas of human cognition, we don’t know and we can’t fully trust ourselves. On the b…