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Why We Struggle With Change

Become a Supporting Member (Join us through Paypal or Patreon) Learn More here ► http://academyofideas.com/members/ **Get access to Membership videos!** === Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/academyofideas Bitcoin ► 1P6ntukFENP1nvEf4bJNj3tsDEuiSyUFW6 Paypal ► https://www.paypal.me/academyofideas === In this video we explore why it often proves difficult to positively change our lives. === ►Get the transcript (and find a gallery of the art work used) ► https://academyofideas.com/2018/04/why-we-struggle-to-change/ ►Sign up for our newsletter (get access to a Member-only video) ► http://academyofideas.com/newsletter/ ►Listen to us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/academy-of-ideas/id1364706343 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Existentialism Explained

Become a Supporting Member and get access to exclusive videos: https://academyofideas.com/members/ ======== Recommended Readings on Existentialism: Existentialism: A Beginner's Guide: http://amzn.to/1RndWLv (affiliate link) Existentialism: An Introduction: http://amzn.to/22nwpj5 (affiliate link) Irrational Man-William Barrett: http://amzn.to/2cMWcNl (affiliate link) ========================================­­============== In this lecture we look at the history of existentialism, examine what for existentialists is the key concern of philosophy, discuss the phrase existence precedes essence, and differentiate between existentialism and nihilism. ========================================­­========= Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/academyofideas Get the transcript: http://academyofideas.com/2012/11/introduction-to-existentialism/ ========================================­­======== --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Gustave Le Bon: The Psychology of Crowds

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Smartphones and Social Media - A Mass Surveillance Hellscape

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The Production of a Mass Psychosis - Can Sanity Return to an Insane World?

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