The Neuroscience Of … Human Nature

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The Psychology and Neuroscience of Memory..

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Why The Neuroscience of Identity is Bound to Time and Memory

What happens to our identities when the hands of time move unpredictably?

The Psychology of Identity: Lessons from The Real Life Jason Bourne

Jason Bourne and Dissociative Fugue

The Psychology of Nostalgia and The Continuity of Self

Nostalgia is the warm glow of the past, conjured up into the present moment

Creativity and Audience Capture..

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Beyond the Reach of Audience Capture: The Psychology of Liminal Context

Content is King. Liminal Context is the Kingdom

Lessons in Audience Capture and Market-Driving Creativity from Miles Davis

How to resist Audience Capture? Turn your back

The Surprising Psychology of Audience Capture

We all want to capture an audience, but what if the audience captures us?

The Psychology AI Art & Creativity..

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The Value of Generative AI Art Lies with the Psychology of Essentialism

Can Generative AI art be transformative? It depends on its essence

What Happens to Human Creativity when Generative-AI Creates Truly Great Music?

AI has long been involved in musical production. Now it’s coming for musical creativity

What DJ Khaled Teaches us about Audience Capture and The Psychology of Market-Driven Music

There are musical tastemakers and there are tastechasers. And then there’s DJ Khaled

Philosophical Musings..

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The Self is Time: Philosophy Meets The Psychology of Time Perception

How can philosophy make sense of the psychology of time?

The Philosophy of Travel and The Experience of Otherness

Can we travel without leaving the home?

What Wabi-Sabi Teaches Us About The Psychology of Imperfection

What is wabi-sabi?

Digital Culture..

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On The Psychological Benefits of Slow Media

How do you create meaningful experiences in digital media? Slowly

How Digital Abundance is Revolutionizing The Psychology of Music

Digital abundance doesn’t just change how we experience music; it changes the music itself

The Strange Social Neuroscience of TikTok

The TikTok experience: A world of forever first impressions

Social Life..

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Lessons in The Psychology of Social Norms from Sweden’s Historic Traffic Shift

Social norms don’t usually change over night. Except for that one time in Sweden

How Smartphones Produce Counterfactual Thinking: A Psychological Perspective

What’s behind that screen? A world of possibilities. And that’s the problem

How Social Comparison Drives Our Happiness, Wealth, and Social Media Status

You’re only as good as your social benchmark

The American Dream..

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What Mr. Beast Teaches Us About The American Dream

The American Dream is nearly fully algorithmic

The Psychology of Meritocracy and The Myth of The Self-Made Man

Can a person ever be “truly” self-made?

Why Social Media Influencers Are The New American Dream

Economic mobility is in decline, and Americans need a new noble lie. Influencers have just the thing

Consciousness & Identity

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Do We Have An Authentic Self? What Emimen Teaches Us About The Psychology of Identity

Will the Real Slim Shady please stand up?

Donnie Darko as a Window into Human Consciousness

“I can see the future” - Donnie Darko

How Social Cognition Creates Consciousness and Kills Philosophical Zombies

What can zombies teach us about the neuroscience of consciousness?

Death & The Afterlife..

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The Neuroscience of Mind Uploading and The Psychology of The Digital Afterlife

If our brains can be uploaded, can we live on in the digital afterlife?

What Do Death Rituals Reveal About Social Neuroscience?

Death is a certainty. How it’s ritualized directly impacts how we think about the dead

How The Search for Telepathy Changed Neuroscience Forever

A neuroscientific revolution born of irrationality

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The Laugh Track of Human Connection

Technology can separate us from what we think is real

Matt Johnson 5/21/23 Matt Johnson 5/21/23

How Cultural Anthropology Helps Us Understand Language, Media, and Business, with Adam Gamwell

Anthropology helps us understand more than just ourselves

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The Future of Cities and Urban Planning, with Josh Stevens

Cities provide us with a sense of belonging, dictate the range of people we interact with, and shape how we see the world at large. As cities change, so do we.

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