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A reckoning for our species': the philosopher prophet of the Anthropocene

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Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order)

Will the Left Survive the Millennials?

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Humanitarian Interventions: The Doctrine of Imperialism

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IS THERE A GLOBAL WAR COMING? (George Friedman at Brain Bar Budapest) ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

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Religious leaders get high on magic mushrooms ingredient – for science

PLA Swarms at War: Chinese Advances in Swarm Intelligence

The subtle power of uncomfortable silences

I'm a scientist. I'm blowing the whistle on the Trump administration.

150 African Records by African Women

Toxic Fires: Across the Country, Military Sites Burn Hazardous Waste Into Open Air

Marble helped scholars whitewash ancient history

Living Light:
https://vimeo.com/173542338
http://ermivanoers.nl/living-light-2/
http://ermivanoers.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/process-book-living-light_digital-version_low-resolution.pdf

Democracy and Geopolitics

Yuval Noah Harari on big data, Google and the end of free will

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China's plan for a forest-covered city

Our Minds Have Been Hijacked by Our Phones. Tristan Harris Wants to Rescue Them

Meet the Man Who Has Lived Alone on an Island for 28 Years - National Geographic

What is Technology Doing to Us?

Are Aliens Real? NASA Astronauts Share Their Experiences With Extraterrestrials

The death of reading is threatening the soul

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John Gray: Steven Pinker is wrong about violence and war

A Primer on Critical Mass: Identifying Inflection Points

Rage against the machines: is AI-powered government worth it?

This Is How Big Oil Will Die

The Threat

Is Elon Musk right about the threat of AI and is Mark Zuckerberg out of his depth on this issue?

Cocoa and chocolate are not just treats -- they are good for your cognition.

Your Kitchen Sponge Is Dirtier Than Your Toilet, Study Finds

Cleaning a Dirty Sponge Only Helps Its Worst Bacteria, Study Says

Smartphone use has radical impact on mental health of teens

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Patagonia's Big Business of #Resist

Al Gore Reveals How to Stay Positive in the Fight Against Climate Change

Systemic Change Driven by Moral Awakening Is Our Only Hope

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20 Essential Truths That Women Over 50 Want To Share With Younger Women

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How to slam dunk creationists when it comes to the theory of evolution

US Scientists, Please Run for Office. The Planet Needs You

Al Gore: The Trump Administration's Environmental Policies Are Reckless and Indefensible

The Space Junk Problem Is About to Get a Whole Lot Gnarlier

Trump and a Post-Truth World, An Evolutionary Self-Correction

U.S. Media Silent As Putin Declares Russia GMO-Free As They Prepare To Become Top Producer of Organic Food

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What moral decisions should driverless cars make?

What are some big issues in the world unknown to most people?

Donald Trump Will Never Be Restrained. We Must Never Stop Being Outraged.

The 10 Principles of Burning Man

More American Troops to Afghanistan, To Keep the Chinese Out? Lithium and the Battle for Afghanistan's Mineral Riches

How Blockchain Tech Is Revolutionizing Business

NanoSuction car mount for phones & cases

What should everyone let go of?

If two human babies were placed on an island isolated with no-one to talk to, would they develop a natural human language?

CIA Agent Whistleblower Risks All To Expose The Shadow Government ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Michael Jackson Tribute - Heal The World

TED talk - Jennifer Granick: How the US government spies on people who protest -- including you.

Identity & Terror: A Conversation with Douglas Murray and Sam Harris

Scientific American, September 2017; It's Not a Women's Issue

Hackers lie in wait after penetrating US and Europe power grid networks

Russian Hackers Suspected of Targeting US Utilities, Nuclear Plants

Think your email's private? Think again

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Inconvenient Sequel: Al Gore shows no sign of retreat in climate war

Save the Snow Leopard

Defending Privacy at the U.S. Border

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science (issues and articles)

Why America still uses Fahrenheit

The World's Most Efficient Languages

The mega churches of Lagos: huge hangars hold hundreds of thousands – in pictures

Credit card theft - ways to prevent it

Return of the city-state

Elusive snowy white giraffes filmed in Kenya

A Nobel Peace Prize winner is standing idly by as her country moves closer to genocide. There is a growing clamor for Suu Kyi to speak up on behalf of the Rohingya.

There's more to life than being happy

9/11: Do You Still Believe that Al Qaeda Masterminded the Attacks?

The stories behind the data (Bill Gates Foundation)

A Brief History of Chocolate in the United States

Chocolate lust is ruining West African rainforests

The Best Password Managers You Can Download In 2017

How to change minds and influence people's behavior

The Power of the Powerless

California governor compares Trump supporters to cave-dwellers

Evolutionary Relationships: The Seven Requirements Of Love

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China's probes of rights lawyers 'alarming': Human Rights Watch

Your Towels Are Way Dirtier Than You Think

US Provides Military Assistance to 73 Percent of World's Dictatorships

TED talk: A black man goes undercover in the alt-right

Tools for Systems Thinkers: The 6 Fundamental Concepts of Systems Thinking

A clear thinker: Leyla Acaroglu
https://medium.com/@leyla_Acaroglu and her TED talk
https://www.ted.com/talks/leyla_acaroglu_paper_beats_plastic_how_to_rethink_environmental_folklore

Here's How Fake News Works (and How the Internet Can Stop It)

Snopes and the Search for Facts in a Post-Fact World

The world according to third-graders - The Washington Post

Naomi Klein: Say No to the Shock Doctrine (video and transcript of speech, highly inspiring)

This infographic lists all the cognitive biases humans experience

8 Body language tricks that will pay off forever

Mohanji - How can I fulfil my purpose every day?

7 Goddesses of Empowerment

Atlantis Under Antarctica?

Picasso: Magic, Sex & Death

The antidote to hurricane damage? Wetlands

China's Strategic Thinking on Building Power in Cyberspace

The Roots of Science Denial

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How to seek truth in the era of fake news - TED interview with Christine Amanpour

This "Ghost Gun" Machine Now Makes Untraceable Metal Handguns

How we lost the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life: the new sleep science

The Trump Presidency, an interview and critique with Noam Chomsky

How America Lost Its Mind

Monsanto's Violence in India: The Sacred and The Profane

What are some fascinating examples of ancient or medieval technology?

Prosperity Movie, a must watch

The bold, tech-fuelled plan to save Africa's big beasts

How Mindfulness Meditation Can Save America

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Coffee shops not doing enough to combat huge increase in wasted cups

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Facing the Crowd (angry mob) A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis and Sam Harris

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Six grand ideas to fight the end of antibiotics

Steppe migrant thugs pacified by Stone Age farming women

Nudging Companies to Look Beyond the C-Suite for Women Directors

Why African Population Could Likely Quadruple by the End of the Century

Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate

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China's Pivot to World Markets, Washington's Pivot to World Wars…

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Democracy Can Plant the Seeds of Its Own Destruction

Mysterious Stone Towers Discovered In The Himalayas

Orbiting Jupiter: my week with Emmanuel Macron

A giant insect ecosystem is collapsing due to humans

The founder of the world's largest hedge fund just shared brutal analysis of the US economy

I believe in the Good Things Coming (song on Youtube)

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