The Gambler’s Fallacy
Source: TechNyou
This short video, part of a critical thinking series, discusses how we misinterpret patterns and the problems that can result from that error.
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Historic Brandeis Opinion in ‘Whitney v. California’
Source: Today in Civil Liberties History
Learn about how a Supreme Court case nearly a century ago has influenced our approach to the freedom of speech.
Survivor of Stalin’s prison camps runs first museum that looks at history of Russia’s Gulags
Source: Public Radio International
Although it resulted in more loss of life than the Nazi concentration camps, the Soviet Gulag system is less well known. One survivor has spent his life working to change that.
Introvert Teens Can Make Effective Leaders
Source: Voice of America
If you’re not very outgoing, it may seem hard to make your voice heard. But quiet, thoughtful teens have a lot to offer.
When fear is a weapon: How terror attacks influence mental health
Source: The Conversation
A psychiatrist analyzes the long-term effects of terrorist attacks.
Decision-Making Strategies
Source: Very Well
When you need to make a choice, do you go with your gut, or do you carefully evaluate each option? Read about several strategies and the types of decisions they fit best.
Change the Way You Look at Things and the Things You Look at Change
Source: The Creativity Post
A bee; is it an insect to be feared or a mainstay in the production of our fresh food? Well, it depends how your mind perceives it. It’s quite possible to change the way we look at things.
Wangari Maathai
Source: Goldmanprize.org
One of Africa’s leading environmentalists and a political activist, Wangari Maathai was the first African woman (in East and Central Africa) to earn a doctorate degree. And, in 2004 she was the first African woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize for her work on sustainable development in Kenya among other things.
Three shirts, four pairs of trousers: meet Japan’s ‘hardcore’ minimalists
Source: The Guardian
How important are your belongings and could you live with just what you actually need, rather than what you want? Do you think a minimalist life is for you?
Fleeing To Dismal Swamp, Slaves And Outcasts Found Freedom
Source: NPR
This article explains how archaelogists and historians have learned about the lives of runaways who escaped slavery by hiding in the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina.