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Loneliness and the power of connection | Vivek Murthy

19 May 2023

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy explains how we can get better at spotting loneliness in others and the steps we can take to build a more connected society and life.

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A framework for change | Matthew Taylor

24 May 2021

RSA chief executive Matthew Taylor shows how core human needs and motivations interact with social forces to shape and drive the dynamics of change.

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Is Our Attention for Sale? | James Williams

27 Aug 2020

In this thought-provoking new RSA Short, tech ethicist James Williams warns that digital distraction is no longer just a minor annoyance but a real and present threat to human freedom and autonomy.

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Climate change and the future of humanity | David Wallace-Wells

23 Apr 2020

David Wallace-Wells shows how the carbon we’ve released into the atmosphere in the last 25 years has taken us to the brink of climate catastrophe. The fate of humanity is in our hands, and the time to act is now.

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Winners Take All | Anand Giridharadas

18 Dec 2019

Anand Giridharadas urges us to be sceptical of “win-win” approaches to social change that favour the interests of the global elite and do little to tackle the root causes of systemic injustice and inequality.

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The Tyranny of Merit | Michael Sandel

24 May 2019

In this powerful new RSA Minimate, Michael Sandel confronts our age of stalling social mobility and entrenched inequality, and asks: what will it take to meet one of the biggest political challenges of our time?

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Rebel, Upholder, Questioner, Obliger: which one are you? | Gretchen Rubin

25 Feb 2019

This animation shines a light on those quirks of our psychology that make it hard to change our (and other people’s!) behaviour. Bestselling author Gretchen Rubin explains the four personality ‘tendencies’ and their respective strengths and weaknesses.

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The Truth About Algorithms | Cathy O’Neil

17 Oct 2018

We often think that algorithms are objective and fair, but they’re built to serve the people who create them – how can we make sure that the process of building algorithms is ethical?

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Sleep or Die | Matthew Walker

20 Jul 2018

Introducing RSA Minimates – little sister of the RSA Animates you know and love! In our first ever RSA Minimate bestselling author and sleep scientist Matthew Walker argues that we are sleepwalking into the greatest public health crisis of our time.

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Rutger Bregman on Radical Ideas and Why They Still Matter

28 Feb 2018

Author and historian Rutger Bregman argues that in order to continue the march towards a better world, we need radical ideas and a robust vision of the future.