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The Cry for Myth – Rollo May

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Rollo May explores the importance of myth for navigating the challenges and hardships of life.

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The Machine and the Battle for the Soul

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We live in a world where machines are omnipresent, and most activities are mediated by their use. But the machine not only dominates modern society in its physical manifestations, rather, as we explored in the first video of this series a machine model of life dominates the cultural zeitgeist. This model posits that living organisms, […]

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The Machine and the Battle for the Soul

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The Anxious Generation – Jonathan Haidt

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An investigation into how smartphones and social media are contributing to an adolescent mental health crisis.

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The Psychology of NPCs – The Unthinking Masses

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“Today we come across an individual who behaves like an automaton.” Erich Fromm, Escape From Freedom In video games, an NPC, or non-player character, is a background figure who is governed by the programming of the game and capable only of performing assigned actions and repeating prewritten lines. An NPC is also a metaphor for […]

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Lost Connections – Johann Hari

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An investigation into the causes of depression, the limits of the biomedical model, and the paths to true recovery.

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The Problem of the Puer Aeternus – Marie-Louise von Franz

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A classic examination of the psychology of the “eternal youth”—the man who remains emotionally and psychologically stuck in adolescence.

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The Mystery Science Can’t Explain — Near-Death Experiences

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It is common to believe that when we die, we cease to exist. Yet some people who have come close to death, or who have been revived following a clinical death, have reported intensely lucid and profound experiences, known as near-death experiences. Near-death experiences, or what are called NDEs, raise the possibility that personal consciousness […]

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