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The Power of Saying Yes!

By Owen Biniecki

Changes as subtle as saying yes to new experiences can prove to be life-changing! Shonda Rhimes, an accomplished television producer, lends her wisdom from her experience with a “year of yes.”

18 minutes

Could Mastering the Art of Asking for Help Change Your Life?

Asking for help is our ticket to actually making our dreams come true. But why is it so hard?! Here’s a thought leader that will help us see the true value in the ask and give us the courage to just go for it.

10 minutes

[ Science ]

Change Your Habits By Learning How They Change Your Brain!

Have a habit you’d like to change? Here’s what you need to know about how your brain works to make it happen! This is a game-changer for expanding your life and possibilities.

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10 minutes

What Is an Algorithm? And Can We Use Them to Change the World in a Good Way?

Algorithms are a lot less complicated than you may think! And, with a little understanding, here’s how we can start to reshape the way we use them to create a better future for everyone.

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15 minutes

How Teaching Improv Skills to Scientists Will Change the Future

What would the world look like for us all if we could understand each other better? Alan Alda may be best known for his skills as an actor in the hit series M*A*S*H* but for the past two decades, he has been educating scientists on how they can communicate their important work to all of us. His methods aren’t just for Ph.D.’s though, they are skills every one of us can use to become better communicators!

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11 minutes

[ Books ]

This is Day One (On Day Two)

What would our world look like if we were all tuned into recognizing and calling out the good in others? Could pride, trust, and potential soar? It is possible, and the fantastic Drew Dudley will help us with it.

13 minutes

How to Catch the Winds of Luck

What if you could have more luck without just wishing for it? Here’s a Stanford Professor, with decades of research, pointing to 3 simple ways to start increasing the odds of finding more “good luck” in your life!

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17 minutes

[ Innovation ]

Every Brain is Beautiful: The Autism Advantage

What if we let disabilities take a back seat and we focused on the abilities that might look like superpowers in the right setting? Let’s take a look at some examples.

8 minutes

Creative Growth: Where Artists with Disabilities Thrive

By Sam Burns

Creative Growth is a space where artists can hone their crafts, express themselves, and share their work with the public. This is one nonprofit making us rethink where our community focus actually is.

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8 minutes

Is Tradition the Secret Ingredient to Great Food?

By Sam Burns

If you want to have a really, really good tortilla, you’re going to need the best corn. Masienda is a company not only supporting Mexico’s small heirloom corn farmers but bringing the practices that enhance the nutritional powers of the grain back into the market.

15 minutes

A More Creative Future with Smog Vacuums and Glowing Sidewalks

What if every construction project needed to have both a practical outcome and a component past that; something that expands possibility? Here’s a guided tour of what that world might look like!

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14 minutes

[ Business ]

The Best Way to Improve the World Around Us

Here is a TED Talk that could be a prescription for solving many of the world’s most vexing problems! What if we emulated some of the quirkier characteristics of the most original thinkers and idea people?

13 minutes

[ Business ]

How “The Internet of Things” is Transforming Our Lives

By Guilherme Araujo

We are hearing more and more about the “Internet of Things”, but this wave of the future is going to be about much more than controlling our thermostats! It is going to yield a much smarter world.

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17 minutes

[ Business ]

Is Blockchain a Leap in Trust for Us All?

By Guilherme Araujo

Have you noticed the word “Blockchain” cropping up? It’s an amazing innovation predicted to change our world at least as much or more than the advent of the internet!

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10 minutes

Meet the World’s Fastest Animal

By Sam Burns

Turns out, we can team up with nature’s quickest creature to increase our productivity and reduce our impact on the environment! Without further ado, let’s make the introduction.

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20 minutes

[ Business ]

A Tour of the Wonders of Artificial Intelligence

By Guilherme Araujo

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming a reality, and most of us barely understand what it means. No wonder there is a lot of fear and a shortage of wonder on the topic. Today we change all that with an expert guide!

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9 minutes

[ Business ]

Finally: Net Neutrality Explained Simply (with No Politics)!

I know: we are all tuning out the news these days. Sometimes though, it’s worth tuning back in to help change the course of history. Here’s an amazing “no politics” look at Net Neutrality!

11 minutes

[ Business ]

Why do Airlines Overbook? Why is Flying so Expensive?