Daniel Kahneman: Thinking Fast and Slow
[9:54] THINKING, FAST AND SLOW BY DANIEL KAHNEMAN | ANIMATED BOOK REVIEW. Great book. Highly recommend it. [Source: Fi…
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Erich Fromm: To Have or To Be?
[22:33] Erich Fromm Interview about his book “To Have or to Be?” “As always, Erich Fromm speaks wit…
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Geoffrey Miller: Sexual Evolution and Runaway Consumerism
[1:14:45] Sexual Evolution and Runaway Consumerism, February 11, 2013. [Video source: SUNYNewPaltz EvoS You Tube ch…
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Our Mind is Not a Blank Slate
[11:50] “Human behavior is the most amazingly flexible behavior of any animal species,” says UC Santa Barbara ant…
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The Economics of Happiness
[10:25] They say money can’t buy happiness, but who are they? Can money buy happiness? The answer is: sort of. Whi…
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Economics of Happiness
[1:08:29] If you ask people does money buy happiness, they all get very high-minded and say, well, of course not and they …
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Dan Ariely: Self control
[17:48] Behavioral economist Dan Ariely talks about self control and the difference between our long term goals and ou…
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Human Population Through Time
[6:24] It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion. But gro…
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We Are Built To Be Kind
[4:36] Human nature is often portrayed as selfish and power hungry, but research by Dacher Keltner finds that we are har…
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History of consumerism
[10:42] It’s only very recently in history that we’ve been able to buy more than the bare necessities. Can the histo…
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