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Thinking
Want to be a better learner? Start by noticing how you think.
Metacognition — the ability to think about your thinking — can help you learn faster and make better decisions.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff
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Neuropsych
What the stages of sleep reveal about consciousness
"Ordinary dreams are, perhaps, the clearest articulation of what it is like to be."
Rachel Barr
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Thinking
How to reclaim deep thinking: Ditch Google, trust yourself
Delay the instant gratification of online knowledge and first seek out the wisdom within yourself.
Ozan Varol
The Well
Change your mind with these gateway drugs to intellectual humility
Intellectual humility demands that we examine our motivations for holding certain beliefs.
David McRaney
John Templeton Foundation
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