What It's Like to Spend a Year in Space

What It's Like to Spend a Year in Space

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The Lost Virtue of Thumos (And Why Men Need It)

The ancient Greeks believed the human soul had three parts: reason, appetite, and something called thumos. Thumos is difficult to translate into English. It encompasses anger, noble spiritedness, pride, ambition, a sense of honor, and the drive to act. The Greeks thought it was e ...  Show more

The Secrets of Supercommunicators

Note: This is a rebroadcast. Have you ever known one of those people who seemed to be able to connect with anyone? The kind of person who had the ability to make others feel understood and smoothly navigate even the trickiest of conversations?Charles Duhigg calls these folks “sup ...  Show more

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