[HIGHLIGHTS]

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Culture + Creativity 

• I'M *SO* SORRY MY SARCASM IS MAKING ME MORE CREATIVE

• 7 THINGS WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM THE MUSIC AND LIFE OF JOHN LENNON

• TCHAIKOVSKY'S SURPRISING WISDOM FOR ARTISTS WITH DEPRESSION 

• CAN LISTENING TO MUSIC HELP US COPE WITH NEGATIVE EMOTIONS?

• WHAT HAPPENED WHEN EINSTEIN MET TAGORE

• THERE'S MORE TV THAN EVER-- AND THAT'S A PROBLEM

• COMEDY IS EMOTIONAL MEDICINE FOR HARD TIMES

• SOME EMOTIONS ARE BETTER FOR CREATIVITY THAN OTHERS

Psychology + Mindfulness

• WHY I STILL BELIEVE IN HUMAN GOODNESS

• PRACTICING GRATITUDE SERIOUSLY REWIRES YOUR BRAIN FOR THE BETTER

• WHY SOME OF US THROW IN THE TOWEL AND OTHERS GET BACK UP

• WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL? DON'T ACT LIKE A LADY

• PAIN IS REAL BUT SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL

• WHY WE NEED FRIENDS NOW MORE THAN EVER

• HELP A DEPRESSED KID BY BECOMING A DEPRESSED ADULT BY DOING THIS

• SCIENCE DOESN'T FIND TRUTH, IT UNDERSTANDS CHANGE

• THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EMPATHY AND COMPASSION IS EVERYTHING

• SCIENCE AND BUDDHISM AGREE: THERE IS NO YOU THERE

• ARE STRESS AND WORRY GOOD OR BAD FOR YOU?

Politics + Society 

• BY DISMISSING SYRIAN REFUGEES, WE ARE FORGETTING OUR VALUES

• GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS AREN'T EVEN ALLOWED TO STUDY GUN VIOLENCE

• HARVARD STUDENTS DEBATED PRISON INMATES AND GUESS WHO WON

• KIDS ARE LOSING PLAYTIME TO ACHIEVEMENT. THAT'S A PROBLEM.

• OBESITY ISN'T A PERSONAL CHOICE. IT'S A CULTURAL DECISION. 

• OUR STRONGEST DEFENSE AGAINST TERROR IS LAUGHTER

• ANGER IS CAUSING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO HULK OUT

• WHAT IS EVIL AND HOW DO WE DEFEAT IT?

• SCIENCE KNOWS WHY PEOPLE LOVE DONALD TRUMP-- AND IT'S SCARY