sam-harris:-experience-emotions-without-being-consumed-by-them

“You can be aware of sadness from a point of view that is not merely sad, and you can be aware of fear from a point of view that’s not merely afraid.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Sam Harris: Breaking the spell of propaganda |Continue Reading

why-emotional-intelligence-starts-before-memory-does

This interview is an episode from ‪@The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the ‪@JohnTempletonFoundation. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/thewell-youtube Watch Ethan Kross’s next interview ► No, you don’t need a lobotomy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slny0D4xWzs Psychologist Ethan Kross explains that emotional regulation starts rightContinue Reading

how-to-say-“no”-the-right-way

Jefferson Fisher explains the important difference between being a waterfall and a well, in the context of saying “no”. His full class, “How to argue less and talk more” is available now for members: https://bigthinkmedia.substack.com/p/learn-these-3-triggers-to-have-moreContinue Reading

manage-your-emotions,-in-9-minutes

This interview is an episode from ‪@The-Well‬, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the ‪@JohnTempletonFoundation‬. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/thewell-youtube Watch Ethan Kross’s next interview ► This one essential trait begins shaping us seconds after birth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaXH57it_lI Emotions are ancient, but yourContinue Reading

use-the-triple-check-method-to-jumpstart-your-brain-|-anne-laure-le-cunff

“Because of the efficiency worship that we have developed in our industrial age, we are now seeing procrastination as a character flaw rather than what it is, a signal that is worth listening to.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Anne-Laure Le Cunff: The 3 cognitiveContinue Reading

3-experts-reveal-how-psychedelics-can-expand-the-walls-of-perception

This video was made in partnership with Unlikely Collaborators. What happens when the boundaries of “you” disappear? James Fadiman, PhD, Jamie Wheal, and Matthew Johnson, PhD explore how supported experiences with psychoactive drugs can dissolve identity and reveal a deeper reality. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 WatchContinue Reading

yuval-noah-harari:-how-to-safeguard-your-mind-in-the-age-of-junk-information

“All information technologies up to the 21st century were organic networks based on our organic brain.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, We can split the atom but not distinguish truth. Our information is failing us ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thZUMaGEE-8&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD Yuval Noah Harari sees one glaring problem atContinue Reading

learn-these-3-triggers-to-have-more-productive-arguments-|-jefferson-fisher-for-big-think+

“What did you win? You won awkward silence. You won their contempt. You won the first to apologize. When you win an argument, you will lose their confidence, you will lose their respect, you will lose the connection.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The smartestContinue Reading

would-you-survive-a-week-in-ancient-rome?-|-mary-beard:-full-interview

“One of the ways you can see the Roman Empire is it’s the worldwide web of its day.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The biggest lies about good sex and how to have it, debunked ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnHvFKoThP8 What did it really mean to live inContinue Reading

how-2-freak-accidents-shaped-human-evolution-|-sean-b.-carroll-segment

“So many things could have happened in a different way that we wouldn’t be here at all, both individually, for sure, and certainly as a species.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The mind-bending probability of our existence | Sean B. Carroll: Full Interview ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hOjpxNHgQcContinue Reading

the-true-cost-of-always-needing-to-win-an-argument-|-jefferson-fisher-for-big-think+

“What did you win? You won awkward silence. You won their contempt. You won the first to apologize. When you win an argument, you will lose their confidence, you will lose their respect, you will lose the connection.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The smartestContinue Reading

the-ocean-is-evolving,-and-it’s-not-based-on-the-‘survival-of-the-fittest’

This interview is an episode from ‪@The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the ‪@JohnTempletonFoundation. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/thewell-youtube Watch Kaçar’s other interviews with The Well ► https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_B7bI1QVmJAmONCikHTWjOU9TiJYETHs What if evolution isn’t just about the strongest winning? Astrobiologist Betül Kaçar explainsContinue Reading