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Intimate interviews with the world's biggest thinkers.

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Fix hidden conflict — before it’s too late

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two hands reaching for each other with the words your true age.

Discover your “true age” — and how to tweak it

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Physics: The big questions of our existence in under an hour

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43 min

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Sabine Hossenfelder

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What is life?

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Why men and boys are struggling

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Ask smarter questions in 5 minutes

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a person standing in the middle of a body of water.

The “afterlife” according to Einstein’s special relativity

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10 min

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Sabine Hossenfelder

5 skills for conversing like a level-headed human

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a carrot hanging from a string with the word negotiate on it.

FBI hostage negotiator explains his #1 persuasion skill

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Are conscious machines possible?

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8 min

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Michael Wooldridge

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5 “signal emotions” we suppress at work

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6 min

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Cassandra Worthy

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Nick Bostrom on the birth of superintelligence

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Want antifragile kids? Get out of their way

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a pile of money with the words 7 ways to make more money.

7 steps to profit hypergrowth

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The sexual desire masterclass, with Dr. Emily Nagoski

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The ultimate guide to rationality

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a painting of a woman and a man with the words is it liberation?.

Has the sexual revolution backfired?

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3 rules of persuasion for empathic leaders

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How to think creatively on command

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Play this card game to solve your team’s biggest problem

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Our primordial drive for sex and love

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Why you shouldn’t hire the smartest job candidate

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Why psychopaths rise to power

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How to smell a weak argument coming

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How America lost its mind — and how to get rationality back

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3 game theory tactics, explained

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How to live after your soulmate has died

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7 min

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Michelle Thaller

Stoicism: How to turn your sadness into strength

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7 min

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The 10 biggest world threats of 2023, ranked

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How to double your brain power

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The biggest myths about emotions, debunked

No, emotions don’t happen TO you. Here’s what happens instead.

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9 min

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Lisa Feldman Barrett

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The science of super longevity

Science can’t stop aging, but it may be able to slow our epigenetic clocks.

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7 min

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The evolutionary significance of dreaming

Ancient societies revered dreams. Modern science tells us why.

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Patrick McNamara

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Fix hidden conflict — before it’s too late

Not all conflict is bad. Expert Priya Parker explains how “heat” can be harnessed for good.

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The case against specializing

Geniuses and prodigies are captivating. But generalists rule the world.

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