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Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person
This video sees Alain de Botton, Creator of The School of Life and narrator on the majority of our videos, talking at a Google event in London in 201…
4 days, 20 hours ago
LITERATURE - Voltaire
Voltaire was one of the wisest, funniest and cleverest people of the 18th century. He continues to have lots to teach us about toleration, modesty an…
4 days, 20 hours ago
What to Do With Your Trauma?
The word ‘trauma’ captures an acute paradox in our relationship to our own histories: some of what is most significant in our lives is inaccessible t…
4 days, 21 hours ago
Eastern Vs Western Philosophies of Happiness
The answer to what humans need to find happiness is entirely different in the East than the West. Westerners would do well to understand the Eastern …
4 days, 21 hours ago
What is Rising Prices?
Economists constantly refer to inflation and tend to suggest it is a Very Bad Thing. But why exactly, where does it come from and what could one do …
4 days, 21 hours ago
How To Be A Good Listener
Listening is something we’re very reluctant to do, not because we’re lazy, but because we have never actually been taught how to do it properly, in a…
4 days, 21 hours ago
The one question you must comprehend to understand who you are #shorts #selfcare #importantquestions
There is one question that, perhaps more than any other, gets to the root of who we are and what motivates us: “What did I need to do in childhood to…
4 days, 22 hours ago
When and Why do we Grab our Phones?
We may check our phones to see if any messages might have come in, if someone posted an interesting film, if something dreadful has happened overseas…
4 days, 22 hours ago
The Untold Force of Missing Someone
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4 days, 22 hours ago
Stop Broadcasting Your Anxieties on Social Media
Nowadays, in our more difficult moments, many of us turn to social media for reassurance. Unfortunately, we're more likely to encourage further self-…
4 days, 23 hours ago