Singularity
[2:18] “We are beset with a thirst for meaning and connection that centuries of skeptical philosophy, hardhead…
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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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Cleansing Our Perception
[3:22] “The other world is this world rightly seen.” – Nisargadatta Join Jason Silva as he freestyles compl…
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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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Humans are a Highly Social Species
[7:23] The human brain evolved to be very social as shown by lecturer Nancy Kanwisher. [Source: nancykanwisher YouT…
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Why We’re All So Anxious
[4:49] Most of us are anxious pretty much all the time – but frequently imagine that other people aren’t. It’s tim…
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Jesse Prinz: The Moral Self
[49:48] Jesse Prinz argues, based partly on empirical findings, that values are central to personal identity. He disc…
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Do Dogs Really Miss Us?
[4:20] Vanessa Hill explores whether our dogs actually miss us when we are gone. [Source: BrainCraft YouTube link…
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The Sanity of ‘Madness’
[4:04] There’s so much pressure on us to be always rational, calm and sensible: it’s time also to say a word about the …
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What Do We Really Know About Meditation and Health?
[1:27:17] Does the science live up to the hype? Dr. Rck Hecht, the director of research at the UCSF Osher Center for Integ…
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