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‘Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent.’
Cleopatra / Shakespeare
Collective Illusions – the big pictures
Psychologist Todd Rose explains 8 myths so mainstream we all believe them.
Collective illusions — false assumptions about society that many people share — have existed for thousands of years in many different ways. Today, because of social media and modern technology, they have become even more common. One example of a collective illusion is the commonly held belief that everyone wants fame, wealth, and power. That’s not true. Most of us want lives of purpose and meaning. But because of false assumptions, many of us spend our lives chasing things that won’t fulfill us. Another example of a collective illusion is the pervasive idea that the U.S. is an irredeemably divided nation. Sure, Americans have plenty of disagreements. But fundamentally, they have more in common than they might think. As former Harvard professor and bestselling author Todd Rose explains, the antidote to collective illusions is becoming a more authentic individual, as well as gaining a deeper understanding of how our innate drive to conform to social norms often works against that.
Timestamps: 0:00 What is a “collective illusion”? 2:43 How myths invade private opinion 4:54 Myth: Other people can’t be trusted 8:32 Myth: Success is wealth, status, and power 11:12 Myth: Social media reveals what society thinks 13:56: Myth: Group consensus is vetted and factual 17:53: Myth: Elite jobs matter to us 21:11 Myth: America is on the verge of civil war 24:18 Myth: People want university degrees 26:57 Myth: Cultural norms exist to protect you
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Finding balance through self-hypnosis
Worth sticking with this quite academic explanation of virtually all aspects of how the mind works, and then how to find balance and ‘steer’ our own minds.
Finding your self and living excellently
Paul McKenna is a behavioural scientist and author, with the goal of helping people become the best version of themselves. Drawing from his experiences working with people from all walks of life, Paul explains the power of rewiring the mind and the transformative effects of visualisation and hypnosis.
What is a meaningful life
In one of the longest-running and most comprehensive studies of human happiness, Harvard tracked 724 teenagers through every stage of their adult lives since 1938. Some of them are still alive today and the findings are clear: lasting happiness isn’t about wealth or fame—it’s about something much deeper.
Feeding the Planet
Since the domestication of plants began some 11,000 years ago, humans have converted 40% of the earth’s surface into farmland. With global population soon approaching 9 billion we need to produce 60% more food, just to keep the status quo with regard to food distribution.
Economics in the 21st Century
Myths and truths about the US and global economies
We cannot separate what has happened to working people over the last five decades from the dangerous lure of Trumpism, that influenced and disrupts global economies.
Wonders of Japan
Art historian Dr James Fox takes us on a captivating journey through the art and history of Japan’s enigmatic culture.
What’s up with people sleeping at work?
In the Philippines, rather than feeling the need to always look busy, working people often quite openly and unabashedly slept during the day, while on the clock.
What is Emotional Awareness?
“Self-awareness, it’s the least visible part of emotional intelligence, but we find in our research that people low in self-awareness are unable to develop strengths very well in other parts of emotional intelligence.”
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge
Charles Darwin
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