15 Oct Why Are We So Attached To Our Things?
If someone offered you more money for something you own than you paid for it, why might you still not want to sell it?...
Psychology
15 Oct The Incredible Promise of Psychedelic Therapy
What if the single biggest obstacle to therapy working has nothing to do with the therapist, the patient, or the number of sessions?...
29 Sep Your Genes Affect Your Education
Posted at 12:47h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Big Think, Environment, Management, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Psychology, Science
Do you think two siblings raised in the same home, by the same parents, with the same opportunities, should turn out equally successful?...
29 Sep What is an Ad Hominem attack?
Posted at 11:54h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Business, Funny, Management, Politics, Popular Culture, Psychology, Wired
Have you ever watched someone "win" an argument without actually addressing a single point their opponent made?...
29 Sep Think you have a «Type A» personality? Sorry, that`s fake news!
Posted at 10:30h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Braincraft, C1 - Advanced, Environment, Funny, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Psychology, Science
Do you actually know where the Type A / Type B personality theory came from, or have you just always assumed it was solid science?...
28 Sep The 4 Things it Takes to be an Expert
Posted at 11:38h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Business, Economics, Management, Other, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Psychology, Science
What does a chess grandmaster and someone who memorised 70,000 digits of pi actually have in common?...
28 Sep The Science of Thinking: System 1 Vs System 2
Posted at 11:32h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Business, Management, Problem Solving, Psychology, Science, Veritasium
Do you actually think before you make decisions at work, or are you just pattern-matching on autopilot?...
04 Sep The dangers of copying successful people – non guided – template
Posted at 21:47h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Business, Management, Non Guided, Other, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Psychology
This short video (3m20s) takes a look at people’s tendency to look for "magic formulas" to achieve success. For example, should you be waking up at 5 o’clock every day like Michelle Obama and Apple CEO Tim Cook (he actually wakes up at 3.45!)? Is...
01 Jun Game Theory: The Science of Decision-Making
If two competitors both stay silent, they both win. So why do people so often betray each other anyway?...
30 May The Effective Executive
Do you actually know where your time goes during a working day, or do you just think you do?...