A New Understanding: The Science of Psilocybin
[1:30:30] Panel discussion following a screening of the trans-media documentary “A New Understanding: The Sc…
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Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight
[20:11] Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she rea…
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Wisdom
[7:38] Philosophy means, in Ancient Greek, the love of wisdom. But the word wisdom can sound very big and forbidding; wh…
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Richard St. John: 8 traits of successful people
[7:17] Ten years of research and 500 face-to-face-interviews led Richard St. John to a collection of eight common trai…
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Peter Singer: How to Live an Ethical Life
[5:09] Peter Singer tackles poverty and the environment. [Video source: Big Think YouTube link]…
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What is the Stream of Consciousness?
[7:53] The stream of consciousness refers to the passage of many thousands of images and ideas through our minds every d…
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EASTERN PHILOSOPHY – Matsuo Basho
[5:46] Matsuo Basho was one of the most famous Zen poets of Japan, who alerts us to the neglected beauty and interest of ev…
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Sam Harris: The meaning of life
[6:42] Life, death & the present moment. A lecture from Sam Harris that I chopped up, fit together and overlaid with …
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Jonathan Haidt: Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence
[18:16] Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult question: why do we search for self-transcendence? …
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Carol Dweck: The power of believing that you can improve
[10:24] Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we can grow our brain’s capacity to learn …
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