Ryan Holiday: Ego is the enemy
[9:47] A summary of a wonderful book by Ryan Holiday on how the ego can disrupt lives. [Source: FightingMediocrity …
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Singularity
[2:18] “We are beset with a thirst for meaning and connection that centuries of skeptical philosophy, hardhead…
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What is Williams Syndrome
[3:40] Hear WS people and carers talk about the condition and how it affects their lives. [Source: WSF UK YouTube link…
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Sue Savage-Rumbaugh: What Bonobos Can Teach Us
[5:23] At Great Ape Trust, TIME 100 honoree Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh studies the cognitive development of bonobos, per…
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Why do we love? A philosophical inquiry
[5:44] Ah, romantic love; beautiful and intoxicating, heart-breaking and soul-crushing… often all at the sam…
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Jon Kabat-Zinn: Mindfulness Dissolves Thoughts — Attention Is What’s Left Over
[5:28] Too many people understand meditation as a way to banish worldly thoughts, but your thoughts will never go away, …
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Patricia Churchland: Free will or self-control?
[59:23] Patricia Churchland’s research focuses on the interface between neuroscience and philosophy. Although m…
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Rajita Sinha: The Stressed Brain
[1:20:25] A Stockholm Psychiatry Lecture given by Professor Rajita Sinha, Yale University, at Karolinska Institute…
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Kerry Ressler: The neuroscience of emotion
[19:17] Fear is a powerful, yet primitive, emotion that is also the root of much violence, war and suffering. Understan…
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How the Brain Responds to Natural Rewards and Addictive Drugs
[9:11] A detailed look into how the human reward circuits work within the brain. [Source: SEIServices YouTube link]…
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