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Murray Gell-Mann presenting his TED talk on the ancestor of language

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The Ancestor of Language

A roadsign with the place names 'Usefull' and 'Useless' on it, representing effectiveness and ineffectiveness

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Efficiency and effectiveness

Dan Pink presenting his TED talk on the puzzle of motivation

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The Puzzle of Motivation

A screen grab from the Music and Life Youtube video

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Music and Life

A desk, pictured from above, with typewriter and other items for work

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4 work lessons from leaving my job

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OLIO

ShaoLan Hsueh presenting her TED talk on learning to read Chinese

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Learn to read Chinese… with ease!

Karoliina Korppoo presenting her TED talk on how the video game Cities: Skylines could be used to design better cities

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How a video game might help us build better cities

How to remember any name — a Find A Spark memory hack resource

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How to remember any item

The legs of runners as they cross a finish line

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End each day on a high

The cover of So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport

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So Good They Can’t Ignore You

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MAPS.ME

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Yellow Brick Cinema

The cover of Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

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Invisible Cities

An image of space for The Big History Project, a free online course on the history of the Universe

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The Big History Project

The cover of the book The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman

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The First 20 Hours

An infographic showing how memory works, including details on the brain, how to improve your memory and how memories are created

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How memory works

A close-up of some marbles, representing the subjectivity of quality

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Quality is always subjective

The cover of the book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

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21 lessons for the 21st century

The cover of Drive by Dan Pink, a blueprint for maximising your motivation

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Drive