Smartphones and Social Media - A Mass Surveillance Hellscape

Why Dumb People are Destroying Society - The Laws of Human Stupidity

Become a Supporting Member! ► http://academyofideas.com/members/ Access the transcript - https://academyofideas.com/2025/04/why-stupid-people-are-destroying-society-the-laws-of-human-stupidity/ Substack - https://theacademyofideas.substack.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/academyofideas Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/academyofideas/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2dio7KUNuDHErlMumZtNt6 iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/academy-of-ideas/id1364706343 Prefer to Support us with a One-Time Donation? Paypal ► https://www.paypal.me/academyofideas Bitcoin: 1P6ntukFENP1nvEf4bJNj3tsDEuiSyUFW6 Visit academyofideas.com for all our content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Wealth Inequality: The Merits and the Pitfalls

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/academyofideas Get the transcript: http://academyofideas.com/2016/10/wealth-inequality/ In this video we will examine two types of equality that are promoted in contemporary society, namely economic equality, which is the call for decreasing the wealth disparity between the rich and poor, and equality before the law. --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Fabric of Creativity and The Courage to Create

In this video we explore the nature of creativity, the idea that creative insights emerge from the unconscious mind, and look at ways to stimulate creativity. =================================================== Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/academyofideas Recommended Readings: The Courage to Create by Rollo May - http://amzn.to/1TGJmRp (affiliate link) The War of Art by Steven Pressfield - http://amzn.to/1sRDagZ (affiliate link) Mastery by Robert Greene - http://amzn.to/1sRD49k (affiliate link) Higher Creativity: Liberating the Unconscious for Breakthrough Insights by Willis Harman - http://amzn.to/1WWHOqC Get the transcript: http://academyofideas.com/2016/05/the-nature-of-creativity-and-the-courage-to-create/ =================================================== --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Psychology and Principles of Accomplishment

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/academyofideas Subscribe to our newsletter: http://academyofideas.com/newsletter/ Get the transcript: http://academyofideas.com/2016/11/psychology-principles-mastery/ In this video we examine the the psychology of mastery, and look at deliberate practice and the role in plays in the attainment of expert performance. Recommended Readings: There are a lot of books on mastery. To steer clear of the "fluff", I recommend these books: Peak - Anders Ericsson - http://amzn.to/2f1uA9o (affiliate link) Deep Work - Cal Newport - http://amzn.to/2eeebg0 (affiliate link) Mastery - Robert Greene - http://amzn.to/2fiiMi4 (affiliate link) Talent is Overrated - Geoff Colvin - http://amzn.to/2fijTyc (affiliate link) --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Joseph Campbell and the Tale of the Hero's Journey

In this video we explore the relationship between mythology and the unconscious, and look at the monomyth Joseph Campbell called the myth of the hero's journey. =================================================== Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/academyofideas Recommended Readings: The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell - http://amzn.to/1rsulJ6 (affiliate link) Pathways to Bliss by Joseph Campbell - http://amzn.to/28HSv43 (affiliate link) The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell - http://amzn.to/1ZUkSGe (affiliate link) Get the transcript (see the bottom for links to all the paintings used in the video): http://academyofideas.com/2016/06/joseph-campbell-myth-of-the-heros-journey =================================================== --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]