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The Stanford Prison Experiment 29 min
The Stanford Prison Experiment
The Stanford prison experiment was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment was conducted from August 14 to 20,1971 by a team of researchers led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo at Stanford University. It was funded by...
TheAnswerto1984is · 9,734 views · 100%
A User's Guide for Evolutionary Well-Being
A User's Guide for Evolutionary Well-Being
The sacred naturalist’s guide to well-being
Alice Andrews · 9,248 views · 100%
Making Green More Macho
Making Green More Macho
“It’s kind of embarrassing,” Emmanuel of Oakland, California, responded when asked about carrying a reusable shopping bag. “It looks like a man-purse.”1 Emmanuel was part of a recent OgilvyEarth study entitled, Mainstream Green: Moving Sustainability from Niche to Normal...
Edwin R. Stafford, Cathy L. Hartman · 4,331 views · 100%
Just Stop Talking About Race!! 5 min
Just Stop Talking About Race!!
Does talking about racism perpetuate racism?
Franchesca Ramsey · 3,337 views · 92%
Study Confirms What We Already Knew -- Men And Women Aren't All That Different 3 min
Study Confirms What We Already Knew -- Men And Women Aren't All That Different
Finally science has produce evidence that supports what we already knew -- the whole "men are from Mars, women are from Venus" trope is false. According to a new study from the University of Rochester, men and women don't have such distinct psychological characteristics after...
University of Rochester · 11,131 views · 75%
Happiness and Children
Happiness and Children
Depression and anxiety are rising rapidly among young people: what’s going on?
William Davies · 6,724 views · 75%
Jordan Peterson Gets Played
Jordan Peterson Gets Played
About half a decade ago, Jordan Peterson was a psychology professor at the University of Toronto and clinical psychologist with little international fame and even less infamy. A talented teacher and skilled speaker, he conveyed expertise within his domain and gave prestigious...
Openwide Contributor · 5,499 views · 100%
Living in the Future's Past 82 min
Living in the Future's Past (2018)
"Efficacy is the ability to produce a desired result. But are the results we're achieving, the ones we intent? Our intelligence is remaking the world before our eyes. What kind of future do you want to see?"
4,155 views · 62%
The Pathology of Power: How America Learned to Love State Violence
The Pathology of Power: How America Learned to Love State Violence
The comments celebrating Renee Good's death reveal a psychological pattern familiar to anyone who has studied authoritarian movements: the sadistic pleasure derived from watching power crush the powerless. It's the same impulse that filled Roman coliseums and medieval...
Tim Hjersted · 1,963 views · unrated
11 Traits of People With High Emotional Intelligence
11 Traits of People With High Emotional Intelligence
Lately, new ways to describe human interactions, social behaviours, and many facets of psychology have emerged on the social network scene. One of those descriptions is “high emotional intelligence.”
Raven Fon · 150,181 views · 75%
Shame, Guilt & the Roots of Violence
Shame, Guilt & the Roots of Violence
During the past 35 years I have used prisons and prison mental hospitals as "laboratories" in which to investigate the causes and prevention of the various forms of violence and the relationships between these forms and to what I will call (with a nod to William James) "the...
James Gilligan · 17,578 views · 100%
The Price of Certainty 7 min
The Price of Certainty
It’s alarming to see how polarized politics have become in the United States. The wider the gulf grows, the more people seem to be certain that the other side is wrong. Certainty can be a dangerous thing. Two years ago, I met the social psychologist Arie Kruglanski while...
The New York Times · 15,606 views · 97%
The Case Against Grades
The Case Against Grades
"I remember the first time that a grading rubric was attached to a piece of my writing….Suddenly all the joy was taken away.  I was writing for a grade -- I was no longer exploring for me.  I want to get that back.  Will I ever get that back?"-- Claire, a student (in Olson...
Alfie Kohn · 13,882 views · 100%
10 Reasons That Eco-Conscious People Are Happier and Live More Enjoyable Lives
10 Reasons That Eco-Conscious People Are Happier and Live More Enjoyable Lives
An increasing foundation of scientific research shows a significant linkage between personal well being and environmental knowledge, attitudes and behaviours. This is not coincidence; it is a profound truth of crucial importance in the quest to create sustainable societies...
Matt Mellen · 12,317 views · 100%
Another Reason Young Americans Don’t Revolt Against Being Screwed
Another Reason Young Americans Don’t Revolt Against Being Screwed
“8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance” was originally published in 2011, then republished on several Internet sites, and has become one of my most viewed articles. The eight reasons include: student-loan debt; various pacifying...
Bruce E. Levine · 10,147 views · unrated
The Future of Protein Will Not Be Animal Meat 8 min
The Future of Protein Will Not Be Animal Meat
The average American eats 80.6 pounds of beef very year. Since farming cattle is water and land-intensive—and responsible for between 18 and 51 percent of greenhouse gas emissions—companies like Beyond Meat are racing to diversify protein sources that will feed the world's...
The Atlantic · 9,051 views · 72%
The Top Ten Arguments In Favor Of Capitalism 9 min
The Top Ten Arguments In Favor Of Capitalism
Wherein the most popular arguments for capitalism are looked at more closely.  Sources: Worldwide, 13% of workers feel engaged with their work
7,220 views · 100%
A Temple of This Earth: Moving Beyond Redemptive Violence
A Temple of This Earth: Moving Beyond Redemptive Violence
(This essay is the final installment of a series. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3,
Charles Eisenstein · 5,249 views · 75%
Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood 66 min
Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood (2008)
Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food to bogus educational products and the family car.
Adriana Barbaro · 5,057 views · 50%
For the Bible Tells Me So 5 min
For the Bible Tells Me So (trailer)
We meet five Christian families, each with a gay or lesbian child. Parents talk about their marriages and church-going, their children's childhood and coming out, their reactions, and changes over time. The stories told by these nine parents and four adult children alternate...
1,641 views · 75%
Right-Wing Psychiatry, Love-Me Liberals and the Anti-Authoritarian Left
Right-Wing Psychiatry, Love-Me Liberals and the Anti-Authoritarian Left
“In every American community you have varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects, ten degrees to the left of center in good times, ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them...
Bruce E. Levine · 1,405 views · 75%
Why Ordinary People Commit Evil... From Fact to Fiction 47 min
Why Ordinary People Commit Evil... From Fact to Fiction
In the wake of World War II, a Nazi named Adolf Eichmann was tried in Jerusalem for his participation in the Holocaust. The narrative was simple. This man is a monster; a cold, calculating, sadistic, unfathomably evil monster. And why not? Certainly this is a convenient...
The Stories We Tell · 541 views · unrated
How "The Dark Knight" Explains Trump's Appeal 19 min
How "The Dark Knight" Explains Trump's Appeal
Why do so many Americans see Donald Trump as a necessary evil? What does The Dark Knight reveal about the myth of the anti-hero—and the failure of democratic institutions?
TRUTH IS SPEAKING · 540 views · unrated
The Demoralized Mind
The Demoralized Mind
Western consumer culture is creating a psycho-spiritual crisis that leaves us disoriented and bereft of purpose. How can we treat our sick culture and make ourselves well?
John Schumaker · 228,905 views · 100%
How to Not Be Offended
How to Not Be Offended
There is an ancient and well-kept secret to happiness which the Great Ones have known for centuries. They rarely talk about it, but they use it all the time, and it is fundamental to good mental health. This secret is called The Fine Art of Not Being Offended.
Shemsi Prinzivalli · 92,141 views · 97%
Synchronicity, Myth, and the New World Order
Synchronicity, Myth, and the New World Order
Looking out upon the horrid ruin we seem to have made of the planet, in spite of the kind hearts and good intentions of the vast majority of human beings, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that some nefarious force has hijacked civilization, driving it towards ends that...
Charles Eisenstein · 28,404 views · 88%
7 Traits of People Who Are Great at Relationships
7 Traits of People Who Are Great at Relationships
Relating to your partner, spouse or significant other can be challenging. Here's what the people who make it work know that you may not.
Starre Vartan · 26,689 views · unrated
School Is a Prison - And Damaging Our Kids
School Is a Prison - And Damaging Our Kids
Longer school years aren't the answer. The problem is school itself. Compulsory teach-and-test simply doesn't work.
Peter Gray · 17,111 views · 100%
Real Value 70 min
Real Value (2013)
Award-winning filmmaker Jesse Borkowski delivers a refreshing meditation on how business can be used to create value beyond profit; connecting motivational stories from social entrepreneurs working in agriculture, apparel, insurance, and biofuel, with the captivating science...
15,450 views · 96%
Medicating Normal: How Big Pharma Makes Healthy People Sick 75 min
Medicating Normal: How Big Pharma Makes Healthy People Sick (2021)
One in five Americans, along with millions of children, are prescribed psychiatric drugs daily, and often for a lifetime. MEDICATING NORMAL follows the stories of five high-functioning people whose doctors prescribed pills to help with common problems such as stress, mild...
Lynn Cunningham · 14,658 views · 83%
The Rise Of Jordan Peterson 90 min
The Rise Of Jordan Peterson ($5)
A rare, intimate glimpse into the life and mind of Jordan Peterson, the academic and best-selling author who captured the world's attention with his criticisms of political correctness and his life-changing philosophy on discovering personal meaning. Christened as the most...
10,572 views · 53%
Our Consumer Society 85 min
Our Consumer Society (2022)
This documentary explores our consumer society, looking at the history, philosophy, psychology, and sociology of what consumerism really means.
10,102 views · 81%
A Surprising Strategy to Combat Hateful Ideologies: Offer Them More of What They Truly Want
A Surprising Strategy to Combat Hateful Ideologies: Offer Them More of What They Truly Want
Lately, I've been interested in exploring how we can apply this strategy to combatting white supremacy and other harmful, extremist and violent ideologies. Obviously, the goal would not be to show them how following us will help them create a white ethnostate; it would be to...
Tim Hjersted · 7,179 views · 100%
So You're Still Being Publicly Shamed
So You're Still Being Publicly Shamed
The Right wants you to believe that a coddled, overly sensitive left is propping up cancel culture. But punitive, hyper-surveillant ways of interacting online are built into the structure of privately owned social media companies, and they’re practiced across the political...
Ben Burgis · 6,455 views · 100%
Grading is a Scam (and Motivation is a Myth) | A Professor Explains 53 min
Grading is a Scam (and Motivation is a Myth) | A Professor Explains
Grading is a scam and motivation is a myth. Those sound like bold words, but today we're going to dive down the rabbit hole and prove, once and for all, that our current state of schooling (and of...well..._everything_) is rotten to its core. ...that's all a little dramatic...
Zoe Bee · 5,179 views · 100%
Why Do Conspiracy Theories Flourish? Because Proven Conspiracies are Too Daunting
Why Do Conspiracy Theories Flourish? Because Proven Conspiracies are Too Daunting
The greatest conspiracies are open and notorious — not theories, but practices expressed through law and policy, technology, and finance. Counterintuitively, these conspiracies are more often than not announced in public and with a modicum of pride. They’re dutifully reported...
Edward Snowden · 4,594 views · unrated
The People's Supermarket: Communal, Cheap and Democratic
The People's Supermarket: Communal, Cheap and Democratic
Would you be willing to spend four hours stacking shelves in a supermarket? Regularly? For nothing? And do a spot on the tills, and quite a lot of floor-mopping? Well, it certainly makes a change from hanging out at Starbucks, I suppose.
Rosie Millard · 3,540 views · 100%
A Brief History of Happiness: How America Lost Track of the Good Life-And Where to Find It Now
A Brief History of Happiness: How America Lost Track of the Good Life-And Where to Find It Now
For decades, we've been taught that economic growth and buying more stuff will make us happy—while trashing the planet. The good news is, there’s a better kind of happy: It starts with meaningful work, loving relationships, and a thriving natural world.
Sarah van Gelder · 3,033 views · 88%
The Hungry Ghost Inside Us (with Gabor Maté) 7 min
The Hungry Ghost Inside Us (with Gabor Maté)
“Not all addictions are rooted in abuse or trauma, but I do believe they can all be traced to painful experience. A hurt is at the centre of all addictive behaviours. It is present in the gambler, the Internet addict, the compulsive shopper and the workaholic. The wound may...
Sustainable Human · 2,953 views · unrated
The 'Climate Swerve' Didn't Just happen
The 'Climate Swerve' Didn't Just happen
In last week’s Sunday Review, psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton praised the “climate swerve” — a deep and dramatic shift in public opinion on the climate crisis. The shift is, as Lifton rightly states, “a major historical change in consciousness that is neither predictable nor...
Kate Aronoff · 2,638 views · 75%
FASCISM: An In-Depth Explanation 43 min
FASCISM: An In-Depth Explanation
"We have created our myth. The myth is a faith, a passion. It is not necessary for it to be a reality. . . . Our myth is the nation, our myth is the greatness of the nation! And to this myth, this greatness, which we want to translate into a total reality, we subordinate...
Ryan Chapman · 1,384 views · unrated
The Political Significance of LSD
The Political Significance of LSD
The shifts in consciousness brought about by psychedelics could help to dissolve our fear of the other.
Vikram Zutshi · 1,229 views · 88%
Elon Musk’s Comment on Empathy Is Much Worse Than You Thought
Elon Musk’s Comment on Empathy Is Much Worse Than You Thought
The short version of Elon Musk’s comment about empathy, from his interview on Joe Rogan’s podcast, has been going around, like this: “empathy is ‘the fundamental weakness of Western civilization.'” That’s both misleading and inadequate given the context.
Philip N. Cohen · 697 views · 75%
Moral Injury: Murdered In Gaza Disappeared In America
Moral Injury: Murdered In Gaza Disappeared In America
The displaced and bereaved in Gaza, and the disappeared in America, are not the only ones experiencing injury. We who witness and cannot stop it also lose confidence in our ability to effectively support decency and justice.
Abba A. Solomon · 618 views · unrated
The Deep History Behind Trump's Rise
The Deep History Behind Trump's Rise
How a ruthless network of super-rich ideologues killed choice and destroyed people’s faith in politics
George Monbiot · 426 views · 75%
It Didn't Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are
It Didn't Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are
The past is never dead. It’s not even past. — William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun
Mark Wolynn · 172,088 views · 75%
Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview 65 min
Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview (2013)
Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview is a documentary exploring the depths of the current human condition and the emergence of a worldview that is recreating our world from the inside out. Weaving together insights and findings from biology, psychology, network...
77,595 views · 95%
New World Order or Business as Usual? -- an Open Letter to Supporters of Infowars and Alex Jones
New World Order or Business as Usual? -- an Open Letter to Supporters of Infowars and Alex Jones
Many of you have visited the Films For Action website and asked us why we have not posted any Alex Jones documentaries or included Infowars, Prision Planet, Natural News or other like-minded sites on our list of recommended independent media.
Tim Hjersted · 65,899 views · 85%
Stories That Once Offered My Life Meaning No Longer Satisfy. Have You Felt This Too?
Stories That Once Offered My Life Meaning No Longer Satisfy. Have You Felt This Too?
Sometimes I feel nostalgic for the cultural mythology of my youth, a world in which there was nothing wrong with soda pop, in which the super Bowl was important, in which America was bringing democracy to the world, in which the doctor could fix you, in which science was...
Charles Eisenstein · 44,969 views · 100%
Anima Mundi: Permaculture, Deep Ecology & the Soul of the World 77 min
Anima Mundi: Permaculture, Deep Ecology & the Soul of the World (2011)
Many people do not realize that permaculture is much more than about growing fruit and vegetables, it is a whole view incorporating the environment, energy, resources, housing, technology, education, healthcare, the arts, spirituality, psychology, philosophy and agriculture...
21,530 views · 94%
The Science Of Why You Should Spend Your Money On Experiences, Not Things
The Science Of Why You Should Spend Your Money On Experiences, Not Things
You don't have infinite money. Spend it on stuff that research says makes you happy.
Jay Cassano · 17,910 views · 94%
Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth (trailer) 4 min
Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth (trailer)
Showing the deep connection between our present ecological crisis and our lack of awareness of the sacred nature of creation, this series of essays from spiritual and environmental leaders around the world shows how humanity can transform its relationship with the Earth...
13,070 views · 75%
The Problem With Judgement
The Problem With Judgement
Many people have little trouble confessing to being hard on themselves, to being “my own worst critic” or to being a perfectionist. They are, after all, merely confessing to something that our culture upholds as a virtue: the struggle against the self. People are generally...
Charles Eisenstein · 11,642 views · 88%
Why I'm Leaving the Democratic Party
Why I'm Leaving the Democratic Party
The Democratic party has done everything in its power to alienate me—and, I suspect, my generational peers of similar political proclivities. Let’s start with the Political Compass. Back in high school, quite some years ago, our Civics teacher had us take the Political...
Germaine Wensleydale · 11,076 views · 100%
The Case Against Competition
The Case Against Competition
When it comes to competition, we Americans typically recognize only two legitimate positions: enthusiastic support and qualified support. The first view holds that the more we immerse our children (and ourselves) in rivalry, the better. Competition builds character and...
Alfie Kohn · 10,980 views · unrated
Meet the School That Hates Rules
Meet the School That Hates Rules
Most students are told to be seen and not heard. “Democratic schools” offer a refreshing alternative.
Brian Foglia · 9,946 views · 75%
Cultivating Self-Awareness in Parents
Cultivating Self-Awareness in Parents
Shefali Tsabary's latest book argues that parents need to focus more on themselves and less on their children.
Diana Divecha · 8,963 views · 88%
Four Signs You Have High Emotional Intelligence
Four Signs You Have High Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence can mean the difference between behaving in a socially acceptable way and being considered to be way out of line. While most people will have heard of emotional intelligence, not many people really know how to spot it – in themselves or in others.
Jose M. Mestre, Kimberly A. Barchard, · 8,800 views · unrated
Eight Ways Less Is More - The Art of Strategic Slacking
Eight Ways Less Is More - The Art of Strategic Slacking
You’re busy, “crazy-busy” even, so why would taking more breaks and wandering off for walks during the working day help you become less busy and more successful? Because, when done properly, less is more says Christine Carter
Christine Carter · 7,537 views · 81%
The Mask You Live In: An Exploration Of American Masculinity 97 min
The Mask You Live In: An Exploration Of American Masculinity (2015) ($4)
The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity.
7,095 views · 100%
Distress, Status Wars and Immoral Behaviour: The Psychological Impacts of Inequality
Distress, Status Wars and Immoral Behaviour: The Psychological Impacts of Inequality
It is well known that economic inequality is rising. In most industrialised nations the distribution of wealth and income is becoming increasingly concentrated. In the United States, the top 10% of earners make more than nine times as much on average as the remainder, and in...
Nick Haslam · 7,023 views · 81%
White Purity and The Problem with White Privilege Activism
White Purity and The Problem with White Privilege Activism
Among other things, whiteness is a kind of solipsism. From right to left, whites consistently and successfully reroute every political discussion to their identity. The content of this identity, unsurprisingly, is left unexamined and undefined. It is the false foundation of...
Asad Haider · 6,170 views · 75%
Donald Trump's Covert Powers of Persuasion 12 min
Donald Trump's Covert Powers of Persuasion
Could Donald Trump really win in 2016?? It seems like a ridiculous question, but Donald Trump's 2016 campaign has defied all the expectations from the pundits. Initially considered a joke candidate, he now leads the Republican pack in most national polls and the polls for the...
Charisma on Command · 6,061 views · 75%
4 Inspirational Transition Stories for Becoming a Global Eco-Civilization
4 Inspirational Transition Stories for Becoming a Global Eco-Civilization
The most difficult challenge facing humanity is not devising solutions to the energy crisis or climate crisis; rather, it is bringing stories or narratives of the human journey into our collective awareness that empower us to look beyond a future of great adversity and to see...
Duane Elgin · 5,527 views · 100%
Are Guns The Problem?
Are Guns The Problem?
Intro: Tragedy, Violence and Bourgeois Discourse
Red Phoenix · 3,520 views · 100%
Why Positive Thinking Isn't Neoliberal
Why Positive Thinking Isn't Neoliberal
By discouraging the use of powerful self-healing and self-development tools we may weaken those who are already disempowered.
Sonja Avlijaš · 2,754 views · unrated
Exploring biracial identity and reality in America 50 years after a civil rights milestone
Exploring biracial identity and reality in America 50 years after a civil rights milestone
Anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Loving v. Virginia
Caty Borum Chattoo · 2,738 views · 100%
The Invention of Individual Responsibility 53 min
The Invention of Individual Responsibility
Humans love to fix things, to find the cause of a problem, to probe, tinker, and mend. We ask, in many different ways, Why does this happen? What’s the root cause? What’s the origin? What or who is at fault? What or who is responsible? But there are three subjects that have...
Then & Now · 2,308 views · unrated
Why Controlling the Masses Through Media No Longer Works - Jordan Greenhall 9 min
Why Controlling the Masses Through Media No Longer Works - Jordan Greenhall
When television took over from print and radio as the dominant media in the second half of the 20th century, a hierarchy evolved in which the privileged few with TV camera access spoke to the masses. This top-down dissemination of news and opinion not only shaped information...
Big Think · 2,261 views · unrated
Are We Done Fighting?
Are We Done Fighting?
We need ways to build healthier relationships with people who have perspectives different from our own.
Matthew Legge · 1,954 views · unrated
What the ‘Men in Crisis’ Narrative Hides About Power, Capital, and Discontent
What the ‘Men in Crisis’ Narrative Hides About Power, Capital, and Discontent
Steve Rose's framing of Scott Galloway as a kind of enlightened guide to “the crisis of men” is a useful illustration of how contemporary media systems manage dissent.
Tim Hjersted · 1,856 views · unrated
Want to End Sexual Harassment? Landmark Study Finds Ousting 'Bad Men" Isn't Enough
Want to End Sexual Harassment? Landmark Study Finds Ousting 'Bad Men" Isn't Enough
The most potent predictor of sexual misconduct goes beyond individual perpetrators.
Emily Peck · 1,762 views · unrated
What If Most People Love Violence?
What If Most People Love Violence?
Despite years of effort and sacrifice by millions, there has not been a mass shift toward nonviolence. Perhaps what's needed is a better understanding of the dark side of the human species.
Brian Martin · 1,458 views · 50%
Give Me 16 Minutes and I'll Teach You How to Read Like a PRO 17 min
Give Me 16 Minutes and I'll Teach You How to Read Like a PRO
Ryan Holiday shares his strategies for effective reading, emphasizing quality over quantity and deep engagement with texts. He reads hundreds of books annually while managing multiple businesses, writing, and being a father, without using speed-reading or summaries (0:00-0:22).
Ryan Holiday · 1,398 views · unrated
What Is Sufism? 57 min
What Is Sufism?
Embark on an intellectual journey into the realm of Sufism. Explore the intricate history, philosophical underpinnings, and mystical practices that have shaped this fascinating tradition. Join me as we delve into the topic of Sufi mysticism, shedding light on its profound...
Let's Talk Religion · 927 views · unrated
What Is Sufi Music? (The Sound of Islamic Mysticism) 59 min
What Is Sufi Music? (The Sound of Islamic Mysticism)
In this episode, we finally dive into one of my favorite topics - Sufi Music. We discuss its history, practical uses as well as theoretical, philosophical perspectives on the role and power of music to affect the human soul, all from the perspective of Muslim Sufi writers.
Let's Talk Religion · 750 views · 100%
Yes, You Can Change Someone's Mind
Yes, You Can Change Someone's Mind
There’s something fascinating about stories that recount a major change of heart. Like the one of C.P. Ellis, a White member of the KKK, and Ann Atwater, a Black community activist, who in 1971 were thrown together as co-chairs of a group focused on school desegregation in...
Amanda Abrams · 672 views · unrated
Have We Been Denying Our Human Nature for Four Hundred Years?
Have We Been Denying Our Human Nature for Four Hundred Years?
Eurocentric modernism has unhinged us from our human nature, argues Rajani Kanth.
Lynn Parramore · 191,359 views · 93%
A Thousand Rivers: What the Modern World has Forgotten about Children and Learning
A Thousand Rivers: What the Modern World has Forgotten about Children and Learning
The following statement somehow showed up on my Twitter feed the other day:
Carol Black · 170,738 views · 99%
The Global Brain | Peter Russell 35 min
The Global Brain | Peter Russell (1983)
Peter Russell’s award-winning video, based on a live audio-visual presentation in 1983. He explores the idea that the Earth is an integrated, self-regulating living organism and asks what function humanity might have for this planetary being. It suggests that we stand on the...
50,984 views · 88%
Why Don't People Revolt? 5 min
Why Don't People Revolt?
“What has to be explained is not the fact that the man who is hungry steals or the man who is exploited strikes, but why the majority of those who are hungry don't steal and why the majority of those who are exploited don't strike.” - Wilhelm Reich "The Mass Psychology of...
Theory And Practice · 35,881 views · 97%
Caring Too Much. That's the Curse of the Working Classes
Caring Too Much. That's the Curse of the Working Classes
"What I can't understand is, why aren't people rioting in the streets?" I hear this, now and then, from people of wealthy and powerful backgrounds. There is a kind of incredulity. "After all," the subtext seems to read, "we scream bloody murder when anyone so much as...
David Graeber · 28,529 views · 100%
The Myth of Romantic Love May Be Ruining Your Health
The Myth of Romantic Love May Be Ruining Your Health
Romantic love in Western societies is often portrayed in a stereotypical way: two yearning halves, who search for each other to find their complete, original state. Few find this bliss because it’s a myth, dating back to Plato. In Greek mythology, the perfect lovers were...
Susanne Vosmer · 27,807 views · 75%
Single magic mushroom 'can change personality'
Single magic mushroom 'can change personality'
Forty-five years after Timothy Leary, the apostle of drug-induced mysticism, urged his hippie followers to "turn on, tune in and drop out", researchers have found that magic mushrooms do change a user's personality – for the better. The fungi have long been known for...
Matt Blake · 24,184 views · 100%
The Top 10 Flaws of Neoclassical Economics
The Top 10 Flaws of Neoclassical Economics
Neoclassical economics has severe flaws.  But since the field is captive to the monopolistic money and banking system, it is very difficult for economists who are aware of this to speak up.  If they were to speak about the flaws, their careers would be severely limited.  Only...
Damon Vrabel · 24,126 views · 94%
The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities
The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities
For many marginalized people, social justice communities are an essential form of social and emotional support. They can bring the oppressed and isolated together and help keep them afloat in a world that is at turns indifferent and cruel. While these communities often aim to...
Prefigurology · 20,313 views · unrated
Zen and the Art of Living Deeply
Zen and the Art of Living Deeply
Cultivating a Beginner's Mind With traditional arts in Asia much emphasis is put on long-term practice and effort, so as to reach continuously higher levels of skill development. There is a deeper character training happening as well, to reduce the ego’s voice, let go of...
Christopher Chase · 15,146 views · 88%
Why Israel Lies
Why Israel Lies
All governments lie, as I.F. Stone pointed out, including Israel and Hamas.
Chris Hedges · 14,516 views · 97%
Welcome to the Post-Hobbesian Dystopia: A War of Everyone Against Themselves
Welcome to the Post-Hobbesian Dystopia: A War of Everyone Against Themselves
Why should plagues of mental illness surprise us, in a world being ripped apart?
George Monbiot · 12,911 views · 94%
Rage, Fear, Sadness, Fatigue: The Yoga of Darkness
Rage, Fear, Sadness, Fatigue: The Yoga of Darkness
“Emotion is the chief source of all becoming-conscious. There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion.” -Carl Jung
Return Yoga · 12,819 views · 79%
Conspiracy Theories Fuel Climate Change Denial and Chemtrail Beliefs
Conspiracy Theories Fuel Climate Change Denial and Chemtrail Beliefs
I recently wrote about geoengineering as a strategy to deal with climate change and carbon dioxide emissions. That drew comments from people who confuse this scientific process with the unscientific theory of “chemtrails.” Some also claimed the column supported
David Suzuki · 12,306 views · 44%
The Answer to Police Violence Is Not 'Reform'. It's Defunding. Here's Why.
The Answer to Police Violence Is Not 'Reform'. It's Defunding. Here's Why.
Bias training, body cameras, community dialogues – Minneapolis has tried them all. We need a better response
Alex S Vitale · 12,222 views · 100%
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