The Free Will Illusion
AdultsPhilosophyPsychologyYou feel like you are free. Free to cross the street when you want to, free to like the color blue more than red, free to watch this video.
What does Machiavellian mean?
AdultsLeadershipPhilosophyPoliticsWhat if a person is a good leader… and a bad person? In this episode of Crash Course Political Theory, we unpack that idea through the lens of Machiavelli’s famous treatise, “The Prince,” and find more questions than answers.
Groundbreaking chemist defines all of life in 2 words | Lee Cronin
AdultsLifePhilosophyScience...What is life, really? Despite our scientific advancements, we still don’t really know.
How to Live a Meaningful Life | Brian S. Lowery | TED
AdultsEducationHumanPhilosophy...What makes for a meaningful life? Social psychologist Brian S. Lowery explores three ideas tied to the experience of meaning and shows why simply pursuing personal achievements isn't the best way to find it.
Do You Have a Free Will?
AdultsPsychologyScienceSelf...Take control over what occupies your mind with Ground News.
Did The Future Already Happen? - The Paradox of Time
AdultsCreativityEducationScience...Is your future already written? Do your past, present, and future all exist right now? Surprisingly, the answer could be yes.
How to know if you're being selfish (and whether or not that's bad) - Mark Hopwood
AdultsHumanPsychologySelf...Explore a classic philosophical debate and decide: is it human nature to be selfish? And if so, is it possible to overcome it?
What The Prisoner's Dilemma Reveals About Life, The Universe, and Everything
AdultsEducationPsychologyScience...This is a video about the most famous problem in Game Theory, the Prisoner’s Dilemma.
You're a Dream of the Universe (According to Science)
AdultsEducationScienceSpace...Absolutely everything you think about yourself and the universe could be an illusion. As far as you know, you are real and exist in a universe that was born 14 billion years ago and that gave rise to galaxies, stars, the Earth, and finally you. Except, maybe not.
How James Gandolfini Navigates Emotion
AdultsArtCreativityHuman...The Nerdwriter is a series of video essays about art, culture, politics, philosophy and more.
The Boltzmann Paradox
YouthHumanPhilosophyPhysics...How do you know you’re a person rather than a just-formed brain full of artificial memories?
The Newsroom - New Hit TV Show
AdultsPhilosophyTVTelevision...Beginning scene of the new HBO series The Newsroom explaining why America's Not the Greatest Country Any Longer... But It Can Be.