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Ideas that inspire a life well-lived. Welcome to The Well, a


02:54
What it means to search for life we’ve never seen | Betül KaƧar
03:12
The moral significance of humanity, and how AI compares | Meghan Sullivan
06:47
Meet the survivors of Earth’s worst days | Betül KaƧar
06:51
The three laws of love, and how to follow them | Meghan Sullivan
03:15
Zero: The key to understanding everything? | Talithia Williams
01:57
Find the ā€œinherent beautyā€ in math, in 2 minutes | Talithia Williams
02:35
How math brings order to our universe | Talithia Williams
03:51
How do scientists measure—and define—life? | Lee Cronin
06:15
Win back your agency from algorithms with data literacy | Talithia Williams
03:05
A bold new theory on why the universe keeps expanding | Lee Cronin
04:31
Human development has 5 key principles – here’s why they matter | Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
03:26
How the universe randomly unfolded from ā€œquantum foamā€ | Lee Cronin
03:15
Yes, you CAN control your emotions — with these techniques | Arthur Brooks
07:12
How matter becomes life, in 7 minutes | Lee Cronin
01:50
The big problem with how we measure ā€œintelligenceā€ | Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
03:09
Sorry, but you DO need suffering in your life | Arthur Brooks
02:54
The vibrant colors of Earth’s 4.5 billion year lifespan | Robert Hazen
02:41
What well-being is (and isn’t), according to neuroscience | Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
03:29
Are non-living things… evolving? Yes, says leading mineralogist | Robert Hazen
07:10
The powers of transcendent thinking, explained by a neuroscientist | Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
03:16
We’re lonelier than ever — and there’s one big reason | Arthur Brooks
07:05
There is a formula for happiness — but it’s highly misunderstood | Arthur Brooks
03:31
These minerals are our #1 clue for the existence of other lifeforms | Robert Hazen
07:37
The missing law of nature, and how we found it | Robert Hazen
03:25
The symmetry that shaped physics: Frank Wilczek on Einstein’s legacy
07:27
Words do matter—and you might be using them all wrong | Alan Alda
03:16
How ā€˜mind-uploading’ stands to shake the core of humanity | Steven Kotler
06:05
All of the universe’s disorder, explained in 6 minutes | Sean Carroll
06:36
What geniuses get wrong about being ā€œsmartā€ | Barbara Oakley
06:03
You can change your brain in just 10 minutes. Here’s how | Daniel Goleman
08:08
What today’s hunter-gatherers can teach us about modern life | James Suzman
07:44
How do black holes actually interact with matter? | Michelle Thaller
04:57
Turning scientific constraints into breakthroughs: Einstein, Heisenberg and Gƶdel | Janna Levin
03:27
Perception, explained in 3 minutes | Alva Noƫ
06:15
Einstein wasn’t a lone agent. Here’s why that matters. | George Musser
05:41
Facts don’t win fights — but this can | Tali Sharot
35:36
How should we be thinking about the future? | Dispatches from The Well Ep.7
31:42
3 rebellious creators tell us the meaning of life | Dispatches from The Well Ep.6
43:53
Consciousness: Not just a problem for philosophers | Dispatches from The Well Ep. 5
36:01
How humanity makes its meaning, from Jane Goodall to Terry Crews | Dispatches from The Well Ep.4
42:30
A playground for geniuses: Inside the Santa Fe Institute | Dispatches from The Well Ep.3
38:28
Finding the secret of human existence in an atom-smasher | Dispatches from The Well Ep. 2
35:15
Finding meaning in the darkest sky on earth | Dispatches from The Well Ep.1
03:58
Unlock your inner math genius, in 4 minutes | Po-Shen Loh
11:18
How to master antifragility for a happier life | Jonathan Haidt, Derren Brown & more
06:31
Why being uncertain is a hidden strength | Annie Duke
05:32
3 key principles for great conversation | Emily Chamlee-Wright
05:27
When neutron stars collide | Michelle Thaller
06:28
Un-sabotage yourself with intrinsic motivation | Johann Hari
06:21
Exploring the boundaries of reality with physics | Janna Levin
12:17
Solving Stephen Hawking’s famous paradox | Janna Levin
05:37
What is shared consciousness? | Lisa Miller
05:53
The problem with the theory of everything | Janna Levin
07:48
Biohacking our way to health | Michael Levin
09:03
A 9-minute journey inside a black hole | Janna Levin
04:40
The science of the ā€œselfā€ | Michael Levin
06:18
The false reality of loneliness | Lisa Miller
09:02
How we lost collective spirituality — and why we need it back | Lisa Miller
05:29
Why evolution is the Picasso of science | Michael Levin
08:03
Can cells think? | Michael Levin