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David S. Goyer, the screenwriter behind The Dark Knight, kept encountering moments that felt too strange to ignore. He explains how paying attention to mystery, and not brushing it aside, became the foundation for the way he builds stories, characters, and worlds: https://youtu.be/SuSnHUO-MH4

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Having scaled the tallest mountains on every continent, dove to the deepest parts of every ocean, skied to both of the Earth's poles, and even gone to the edge of space, Victor Vescovo knows what awe feels like in its most dramatic forms. What surprised him was how the awe he felt in each realm was different and how he believes it's possible (and necessary) for all of us to find that same kind of awe in our daily lives: https://youtu.be/FhWDctbujrk

1 week ago | [YT] | 35

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Ninety million years after our lineages split, humans are beginning to listen to whales in a new way. Marine biologist David Gruber shares the work that has become his life’s pursuit: learning how to hear the planet’s largest mammals: https://youtu.be/yQI8hpZ_oxc

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 134

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As you’re reading this, millions of invisible particles are moving through you, collecting on unseen filaments that shape the 5 percent of matter we can actually see and touch. Astrophysicist Janna Levin explains: https://youtu.be/zivFKnjGEF0

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 62

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Reflecting on the final moments she spent with her mother, and the weeks afterwards spent cataloging her life in objects and memories, Poet Laureate of the Ordinary Kelly Corrigan shares how important it is to attune, to behold, and to notice — even if it’s difficult or uncomfortable: https://youtu.be/fx70ad8_OYE

1 month ago | [YT] | 36

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The hospital where Rainn Wilson’s wife and son nearly died became his own personal holy site. There, he discovered that the sacred can exist in places we least expect it.

At A Night of Awe and Wonder, he explained how the awe we feel in moments of courage and love is moral beauty — and following it might be the start of our spiritual revolution. Watch his full talk here: https://youtu.be/moi5h0644ZQ

1 month ago | [YT] | 26

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What fills you with more awe, the breathtaking view from a summit on a serene hike, a tremendous fireworks display that lights up the faces around you, or the crescendo of a live symphony you can feel vibrating in your chest?

According to UC Berkeley professor Dacher Keltner, each of these experiences represents one of the eight key sources of awe shared by all humankind. At our Night of Awe and Wonder, Keltner shared his research on the science of awe and explained why this single emotion is essential to every culture on our planet: https://youtu.be/Y3kmURYaANg

1 month ago | [YT] | 56

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If the people controlling AI are biased, the output will also be. Free speech scholar Jacob Mchangama makes the case for completely open-source AI: https://youtu.be/Cz-EOCb1pKA

2 months ago | [YT] | 47

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Is gratitude to a deity different from gratitude to other people? Psychology and neuroscience professor Sarah Schnitker explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6xGT...

2 months ago | [YT] | 45

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The fastest way to make a book a bestseller? Ban it. Free speech activist Jacob Mchangama explains how oftentimes, attempts to silence ideas actually amplify them: https://youtu.be/AmupA92pUTg

2 months ago | [YT] | 36