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Buried by Bad Decisions

By Daniel Gilbert — 2011

Our brains are hard-wired to make poor choices about harm prevention in today's world. But we can fight it.

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What Will You Say to Your Grandchildren?

Facing oncoming climate disaster, some argue for “Deep Adaptation”—that we must prepare for inevitable collapse. However, this orientation is dangerously flawed. It threatens to become a self-fulfilling prophecy by diluting the efforts toward positive change.

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Jeremy Lent
2019
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Why Bother?

Why bother? That really is the big question facing us as individuals hoping to do something about climate change, and it’s not an easy one to answer.

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Michael Pollan
2008
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For World Meditation Day, Try This Intuition Practice

Through the practice of yoga, you can learn to hear—and follow—your inner guidance.

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Sally Kempton
2007
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7 Ways of Unpacking Fears of Leaving a Job and Striking Out on Your Own

Many of us have thought of or dreamed about leaving that job to pursue our dreams, maybe start a business, or pursue our passion. While there are practical issues to consider, we also need to overcome the inertia that comes with the fear we experience when taking a major new direction in our lives.

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Harvey Deutschendorf
2022
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The Emotion Missing From the Workplace

Sadness is a central part of our lives, yet it’s typically ignored at work, hurting employees and managers alike.

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Susan Cain
2022
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Prosocial World

Thinking more explicitly about cultural catalysis can help to accomplish in years what otherwise would require decades or not take place at all. As we experiment with cultural catalysis, we need to make it fast and benign rather than fast and pathological for the common good.

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David Sloan Wilson
2021
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How Are The Mind & The Brain Different? A Neuroscientist Explains

So what exactly is the difference between the mind and the brain? Well, the mind is separate, yet inseparable from, the brain. The mind uses the brain, and the brain responds to the mind.

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Caroline Leaf
2021
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Largest Ever Psychedelics Study Maps Changes of Conscious Awareness to Neurotransmitter Systems

In the world’s largest study on psychedelics and the brain, a team of researchers from The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) and Department of Biomedical Engineering of McGill University, the Broad Institute at Harvard/MIT, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, and Mila—Quebec...

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Neuroscience News
2022
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Embracing Boredom to Enhance Problem-Solving

Have you ever been in a “fight or flight” mode when faced with an unexpected disability-related problem? Maybe you have arrived somewhere only to notice the building is not accessible, so you have to quickly change your plans.

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Lauren Presutti
2021
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How We All Could Benefit from Synaesthesia

Developing the mysterious condition in the 96% of people who do not have it may help to improve learning skills, aid recovery from brain injury and guard against mental decline in old age

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Helen Massy-Beresford
2014
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