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Future thinking: End the war between you and yourself

This video focuses on the importance of us, as individuals and as a society, being conscious of, and then actively planning for, the arrival of our future-selves. The...

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Your Genes Affect Your Education

Attempts to study inequality in society have to consider the impact of genetic inequality despite its controversiality, this video does just that!

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10,000 YEARS OF BRANDING EXPLAINED IN 6 MINUTES – Debbie Millman

Debbie Millmam an American Brand Designer explains how design and branding have changed over the years and are currently reflections of major events in society such as the...

B2 - Upper-intermediate Big Think Complete Lesson Plan Psychology Science

Why we see patterns in randomness

This video covers a number of fallacies like the Gambler’s (a.k.a. Monte Carlo) fallacy as well as the Texas Sharpshooter fallacy which help explain why people see patterns...

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«Collective Illusions»: Why false consensus in society is so dangerous

«COLLECTIVE ILLUSIONS»: WHY FALSE CONSENSUS IN SOCIETY IS SO DANGEROUS Teachers’ notes This video discusses the idea of collective illusions. These form when everyone in a group goes...

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Your memory is lying to you. Here’s how.

YOUR MEMORY IS LYING TO YOU. HERE’S HOW. Teachers’ notes This is a very educational video which I personally found very interesting and it was well-received by my...

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Why are natural gas prices so high?

WHY ARE NATURAL GAS PRICES SO HIGH? Teachers’ notes Natural gas prices are on the rise currently around Europe. This is due to many different factors. China had...

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3 Great Untruths to Stop Telling Kids

Greg McKeown saw first-hand how success can lead straight to professional and personal failure, during his career evaluating and coaching Silicon Valley executives. The heart of the problem,...

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The happiness formula?

Greg McKeown saw first-hand how success can lead straight to professional and personal failure, during his career evaluating and coaching Silicon Valley executives. The heart of the problem,...

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4 Professional Poker Lessons to Help You Think Clearly and Live Wisely

A good poker face can win you a fortune or help you sell a difficult lie, but that term might be leading us all astray. For poker champ...

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Corporate responsibility? Don’t make me laugh

Most companies are trying to fight on both sides of a war, says Anand Giridharadas. They want to make a merciless profit and also get good PR. The...

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Facts Don’t Win Fights: Here’s How to Cut Through Confirmation Bias

If you want someone to see an issue rationally, you just show them the facts, right? No one can refute a fact. Well, brain imaging and psychological studies...

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Seasteading 101: How to Build the World’s First Society-at-Sea

Seasteading began as a thought experiment: imagine a sovereign Libertarian utopia in international waters, far from the reach of any government. Over the last decade, this dream has...

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The science behind ‘us vs. them’

From politics to every day life, humans have a tendency to form social groups that are defined in part by how they differ from other groups. Neuroendocrinologist Robert...

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The sunk cost fallacy

The sunk cost fallacy means making a choice not based on what outcome you think is going to be the best going forward but instead based on a...

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Why governing AI is crucial to human survival

The question of conscious artificial intelligence dominating future humanity is not the most pressing issue we face today, says Allan Dafoe of the Center for the Governance of...

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What can astronauts teach us about risk

This video sees Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield talk about the astronaut’s logic of risk-taking. The magic is in the build-up to the video and getting the students to think a little...