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Being There

1979

A simple-minded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful businessman and an insider in Washington politics.

130 min

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The Perils of Giving Kids IQ Tests

According to the research of Stanford's Dr. Carol Dweck, both positive and negative labels, whether "gifted" or "seriously learning disabled," encourage a "fixed mindset," or the belief that nothing children do or think will change their intelligence.

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Jessica Lahey
2013
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Bruce Lee’s Philosophy on Life: 6 Simple, Transformative Words.

“Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.” ~ Bruce Lee The premise of his philosophy was efficiency—complete and utter efficiency of the soul.

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Samuel Kronen
2017
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How Alienation Became My Superpower

Feeling like an outsider can be painful. But it comes with secret gifts of perception.

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Elisa Gonzalez
2021
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Before You Overthink, Watch This

This Story about Harry Houdini will make you question your own mind.

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Prince EA
2018
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Variation is the Stuff of Life. So Why Can it Make us Uncomfortable?

Embracing difference is vital for our success as a species, but it places extra demands on the brain. Here’s how to get better at it.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett
2021
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Your Brain Predicts (Almost) Everything You Do

Cutting-edge neuroscience shows that your brain isn’t built for thinking—it’s made to predict your reality, and you have more power over that perception than you might think.

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Lisa Feldman-Barrett
2021
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We Have More than Five Senses. A Neuroscientist Explains the Hidden Abilities We Often Overlook

Neuroscientist Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett delves into the different ways we’re able to perceive the world that go beyond sight, sound, touch, taste and smell.

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Lisa Feldman-Barrett
2021
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Now You See It, Now You…

Seeing things that are hidden; failing to see things in plain sight. How magic exploits the everyday weirdness of perception.

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Vebjørn Ekroll
2017
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FindCenter Quotes ImageWe are often better served by connecting ideas than we are by protecting them.

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Steven Johnson
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FindCenter Quotes ImageWhen forgiveness experts talk in binary language (’You either forgive the wrongdoer or you are a prisoner of your own anger and hate’), they are collapsing the messy complexity of human emotions into a simplistic dichotomous equation.

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Harriet Lerner
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