Paul Bloom: The Psychology of Everything Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Give Paul Bloom one hour, and he’ll teach you “the psychology of everything.” Through the case studies of compassion, racism, and sex, Dr. Bloom explores the intrinsic […]
Robert Thurman: Love Your Enemy Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Lovingkindness, Thurman says, is not an abstract idea but rater a practice that allows us to appreciate that everyone, including our enemies, want to be happy. And so […]
Be Mindful. Be Kind. Be Patient. Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- The Venerable Losang Samten, a renowned Tibetan scholar and a former Buddhist monk, stresses the virtues of being mindful, kind, and patient. ———————————————————————————- LOSANG SAMTEN: The Venerable […]
The Science of Compassion: Kindness Is a Fundamental Human Trait Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Throughout his life, Thupten Jinpa (the Dalai Lama’s primary English translator) has studied the connections between science and compassion. In his latest book, […]
Discovering One’s Hidden Psychopathy Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Neuroscientist James Fallon discusses how he came to discover (and how he’s learned to live with) the fact that he’s a borderline psychopath. Fallon is the author of The […]
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Superhumans: The remarkable brain waves of high-level meditators Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think+ for exclusive videos: https://bigthink.com/plus/ ———————————————————————————- People who have meditated for thousands of hours exhibit a remarkable difference in their brainwaves. Psychologist and author Daniel Goleman says we can actually see what […]
Words matter. They change our interior world. Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- As a stand-up comedian, Pete Holmes knows how words can manipulate audiences — for good and bad. Words aren’t just words. They stitch together our social […]
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Thank you to The Great Courses Plus for sponsoring this video. Signup for your free trial with them today at: http://ow.ly/BxuR30r36Kg A video about what we all already know. (The Bukowski quote at the beginning is a combination of two different versions of his poem The Crunch.) New Pursuit of […]
