This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest Robert Wright is the author of the new book "Why Buddhism Is True: The Science And Philosophy Of Meditation And Enlightenment." The book explains the contrasting explanations offered by Buddhism and Darwin's theory of natural selection about why happiness is fleeting, and we're never satisfied. But Wright says Darwin's theory helps us understand why meditation can help liberate us from the delusions that make us suffer.
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Nature’s Take: what’s next for the preprint revolution
"In this first episode of Nature's Take, we get four of Nature's staff around microphones to get their expert take on preprints. These pre-peer-review open access articles have spiked in number over recent years and have cemented themselves as an integral part of scientific publishing. But this has not been without its issues."
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Stephen E. Arnold on Search Engines and Intelligence Gathering
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Colin Marshall Interviews Lawrence Osborne on Bangkok
"This perspective certainly enriches a revisitation of my interview with Osborne about Bangkok Days, but in truth I’ve listened to it more than a few times over the years. (This sets it well apart from most of the hundreds of others I’ve recorded, edited, and never heard again.) Without quite being able to separate cause from effect, I can say that many of the subjects we discussed have turned into longer-term themes for me: the “new urban civilization” emerging in the 21st century, the necessity of speaking the local language, the persistence of Judeo-Christian morality in ostensibly secular societies, the danger of the West “regulating itself out of existence,” the insult to intelligence that is the U.S. publisher-applied subtitle."
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Is There Life After Death? | Q & A with Thich Nhat Hanh
Thay answers questions on 21 June 2014. Question 6
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Topics: buddhism, mindfulness, thich nhat hanh, plum village, children, kids, afterlife, life, birth, death, interbeing, impermanence, science, nirvana, God, true nature
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Kurt Cobain - Jon Savage Interview 1993
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GTD Podcast #29 & #30 - Keynote in Milan
David Allen shares an in-depth, sweeping overview of GTD to an audience in Milan, Italy. Learn best practices, as well as what you can expect to have happen in your life once you start applying them.
Subscribe on iTunes or wherever else you find your podcasts. Or simply head over to: https://gettingthingsdone.com/podcasts
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HE in a post-Covid world: Bonus interview with Professor Tony Bates
Professor Tony Bates is our very first Leader & Legend of Online Learning. In this conversation Tony's student-centred advice mentions several important considerations for changing teaching methods, planning for improvement and education systems.
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When It Comes To Vaccines And Autism, Why Is It Hard To Refute Misinformation?
For years scientists have said that there is no link between vaccines and autism. There are still many people who are reluctant to vaccinate. But, one woman has changed her mind about vaccines.
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Raft of Passion
"Mary needed to get away from her husband. A handsome stranger offered her a way out. All she had to do was participate in the strangest group experiment of all time."
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