Eudaimonia
Animals
idea
What our use of animal-based slurs and endearments says about us
by David Egan
Technology
idea
To be more tech-savvy, borrow these strategies from the Amish
by Alex Mayyasi
Virtues and vices
guide
How to be excellent
Plato and Aristotle can help you resist conventional worldly success, direct your energy and find your own highest calling
by Benjamin Studebaker
Childhood and adolescence
film
No flock of sheep nor arranged marriage will temper Asho’s Hollywood dreams
30 mins
Emotions
idea
There’s something in my eye: why we happy-cry and what it does for us
by Janis Zickfeld
Animals
idea
My cancer scars map the pain of animals held in research labs
by Barbara J King
Conversation
guide
How to have more meaningful conversations
Be brave enough to share, kind enough to listen, and you can escape the shallows of small talk to dive deep with another
by Lucy Foulkes
History of ideas
film
An audiovisual odyssey into the heavens of astronomy and myth
26 mins
Technology
idea
Let’s use bold, beautiful hearing aids to celebrate deafness
by Jaipreet Virdi
Parenting and families
idea
It should be OK for parents to express regret about having children
by Jenna Abetz & Julia Moore
Thinking and intelligence
guide
How to think like a detective
The best detectives seem to have almost supernatural insight, but their cognitive toolkit is one that anybody can use
by Ivar Fahsing
Childhood and adolescence
film
Join a local boy’s tour of the Antigua that visiting cruise ships never see
14 mins