“How I reversed my unhappiness,” with Tal Ben-Shahar Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► Don’t chase happiness. Become antifragile https://youtu.be/e-or_D-qNqM We were told from a very young age, whether explicitly or implicitly, that happiness stems from success. It’s all about the attainment of the next […]
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Is it better to be rational or optimistic? Steven Pinker explains. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a window to understanding the brain ► https://youtu.be/Q-B_ONJIEcE There is no force in the Universe called progress. But there are plenty of natural forces that […]
“The more we understand ourselves and the universe, the more magnificent it is.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up Next ► The true story behind Carl Sagan’s cult classic, Contact https://youtu.be/r4d6kI_b88o Humans do not like unanswered questions. We always feel the need to provide an answer, even […]
