Elizabeth Dunn: Happiness and Money
[14:54] Elizabeth Dunn conducts experimental research on self-knowledge and happiness with a focus on how people can …
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Alain de Botton: On Love
[1:12:48] Twenty-first century depictions of love and marriage are shaped by a set of Romantic myths and misconceptio…
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Peter Singer: The Ethics of What We Eat
[1:13:02] Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Publ…
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Joseph Campbell: Why Myth?
[3:45] Joseph Campbell explains the importance of a healthy understanding of history and mythology. [Video and text s…
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Conformity and groupthink
[7:34] How and why conformity arises. [Video and text source: Khanacademymedicine YouTube channel]…
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Why Socrates Hated Democracy
[4:21] We’re used to thinking hugely well of democracy. But interestingly, one of the wisest people who ever lived, S…
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Peter Kivisto: Sociology of Religion
[14:54] Why is the attitude to religion changing with time? What it depends on with different cultures? Why is religion …
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The Gap Between Who We are and Who We Want to Be
[3:45] It is easiest to spot the people who are trying to change their habits, says Sam Gosling. [Video and text source: B…
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Happiness Genes Located for First Time
[3:30] A huge study involving 190 researchers in 140 research centers across 17 countries have located some specific g…
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Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde: Money and Neuroeconomics
[13:08] What is the correlation between, money, familiarity and the self explained. [Video and text source Serious Sc…
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