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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.
18 Nov 2014
What should we teach our children, and what important information should all adults have at their disposal? Legendary QI producer John Lloyd turns his curiosity to knowledge itself, and questions whether intelligence is really all it's cracked up to be.
22 Oct 2012
Journalist and author Jonah Lehrer argues that brainstorming produces less original ideas than those people who work by themselves.
14 Sep 2012
In this RSA Animate, Dan Ariely explores the circumstances under which someone would lie and what effect deception has on society at large.
30 Jun 2011
Professor Renata Salecl explores the paralysing anxiety and dissatisfaction surrounding limitless choice. Does the freedom to be the architects of our own lives actually hinder rather than help us?
17 Feb 2011
Steven Pinker shows us how the mind turns the finite building blocks of language into infinite meanings.
04 Aug 2010
In this short RSA Animate, renowned philosopher Slavoj Zizek investigates the surprising ethical implications of charitable giving.
24 May 2010
In this ten-minute RSA Animate, Professor Philip Zimbardo reveals how our individual perspective on time affects our work, health and well-being.
10 May 2010
In this lively animation, Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development and our society.
17 Mar 2010
Acclaimed journalist, author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich explores the darker side of positive thinking.
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