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Beyond Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Conversation with Ann Druyan

By Corey S. Powell — 2020

The creator of the new Cosmos television series reflects on humanity's long path toward scientific enlightenment in this conversation with Astronomy magazine.

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What Is the Human Potential Movement?

The Human Potential Movement peaked in the 1960s and 1970s. Read about it from someone who was there.

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Stephen Kiesling
2020
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Want to Be a Game Changer? Dave Asprey Knows You Can

In this interview, Dave Asprey talks about science-backed, high performance "laws" that are a virtual playbook for how to get better at life.

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Laura Garnett
2019
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The Esalen Institute and the Human Potential Movement Turn 50

In 1962, on a stunning stretch of land bordering the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur, California, two Stanford graduates named Michael Murphy and Dick Price founded a small retreat and workshop center called The Esalen Institute, otherwise known simply as Esalen.

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Debra Ollivier
2012
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How to Have an Extraordinary Life

An interview with Michael Murphy, on his new book ‘The Future of the Body.’ On evolution of the body, what he means by human attributes, and how we begin to recognize the extraordinary.

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G. Leonard
1992
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In Murphy’s Kingdom

Since the 1960s, the Esalen Institute has been at the forefront of the human potential movement. Now cofounder Michael Murphy, an ardent golfer and former frat boy, is reaching a new generation with his books on spirituality.

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Jackie Krentzman
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