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Wisdom in the Age of Information: Maria Popova

By Maria Popova — 2014

“We live in a world awash of information, but we seem to face a growing scarcity of wisdom,” states Maria Popova, Founder of the website Brain Pickings. Popova believes it’s the storyteller’s role to interpret information and shape it into wisdom for the rest of the culture to share.

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09:34

Metaethics: Crash Course Philosophy #32

We begin our unit on ethics with a look at metaethics. Hank explains three forms of moral realism—moral absolutism, and cultural relativism, including the difference between descriptive and normative cultural relativism—and moral subjectivism, which is a form of moral antirealism.

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2016
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11:55

What Are the Most Important Moral Problems of Our Time? | Will MacAskill

Of all the problems facing humanity, which should we focus on solving first? In a compelling talk about how to make the world better, moral philosopher Will MacAskill provides a framework for answering this question based on the philosophy of “effective altruism”—and shares ideas for taking on...

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2018
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31:26

The Importance of Personal Storytelling with Terry Wolfisch Cole

Ira Glass of This American Life says, “Great stories happen to people who know how to tell them.

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2022
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05:28

Why Is It Hard to Get Into a Writing Flow? —Matthew Kalil

In this Film Courage video interview, Screenwriter/Instructor and The Three Wells of Screenwriting Author Matthew Kalil on Why Is It Hard to Get Into a Writing Flow?

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2020
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09:44

Arguments Against Personal Identity: Crash Course Philosophy #20

How can Daenerys Targaryen help us understand personal identity? Find out as Hank continues our exploration of personal identity, learning about Hume’s bundle theory and Parfit’s theory of survival through psychological connectedness.

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2016
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05:14

Roxane Gay Shares Writing Tips: On Finding the Why

Everyone has a story to tell. Join best-selling author Roxane Gay to find your story, craft your truth, and write to make a difference.

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Roxane Gay
2019
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06:35

Oliver Sacks on Humans and Myth-making

Oliver Sacks on humans and myth-making.

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Oliver Sacks
2012
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14:32

Luisah Teish: Indigenous Voices

Luisah Teish will speak at The Natural Way about learning to love the Earth, our Mother, and will share her personal stories of growing up in the South and her relationship to the land. She will recount and examine cultural myths that have mis-educated us into alienation from Our Mother Earth.

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Luisah Teish
2012
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53:51

The Righteous Mind | Jonathan Haidt | Talks at Google

In his new book, “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion,” Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of morality and its basis in politics and religion.

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Jonathan Haidt
2012
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19:14

Jonathan Haidt: The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most.

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Jonathan Haidt
2008
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