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Mental Resilience
When applied blindly, resilience can do real harm to our health and our ability to change broken systems.
In this preview, the Stanford professor muses on how emergence, arriving at complex patterns from simple parts, explains AI, brains, and life itself.
Tara Narula shares how journalist Richard Cohen challenged conventional ideas about illness, identity, and strength while living with MS.
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Traditional definitions of wellbeing focus on the absence of mental illness or disease. But true wellbeing goes beyond that, says this neuroscientist.
When we view hard work as a sign of low aptitude, it harms our ability to learn and grow.
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"Resilience" is being able to withstand hardship; "antifragility" goes one step further.
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Modern life replaced spirituality with goal-setting — and it’s making us depressed. Here’s how to win back your happiness.
Raw food, paleo, gluten-free, detox, and ketogenic: All of these diet fads withered when subjected to scientific scrutiny.
Studies suggest that meditation can quiet the restless brain.
"I am an anthropologist, and for years, I have spoken to people who have had these experiences."
John Templeton Foundation
Forgetfulness isn't always a "glitch" in our memories; it can be a tool to help us make sense of the present and plan for the future.
It may be possible to give people the tools to withstand difficulty before it attaches to them.
Is fasting the key to burning fat? It's not that simple.
The “Limitless” pill exists, and you already have it in your brain.