Find A Spark | Ideas to inspire

The cover of the DVD for Contact, the film adaptation of Carl Sagan's book on humanity's first contact with extraterrestrials

Film

Contact

ShaoLan Hsueh presenting her TED talk on learning to read Chinese

Video

Learn to read Chinese… with ease!

The cover of the book The Age of Consent of George Monbiot

Book

The Age of Consent

David Autor presenting his TED talk on whether automation will take away all our jobs

Video

Will automation take away all our jobs?

Scrabble pieces spelling out the word 'anxiety'

Blog Post

Accepting anxiety — it helps.

A clock with Roman numerals, showing the time

Blog Post

Slow down time

Two old books, side by side - one of 'my memories' and the other of family photos

Blog Post

How to remember like Sherlock Holmes

App

MAPS.ME

The cover of the book How Bad are Bananas? by Mike Berners-Lee

Book

How bad are bananas?

A screenshot from South Park, advertising the documentary 6 Days to Air

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6 Days to Air

A crossroads in the woods, a path in the snowy ground splitting in two. Two paths to take between the trees.

Blog Post

2 career change lessons from leaving my job

An open study book, laying on a table with pencil on top and notes to the right

Blog Post

4 insights on learning from Josh Waitzkin

App

Jefit

The title for the Crash Course video on the power of motivation

Video

Crash Course: The Power of Motivation

App

Memrise

A calendar and notepad to be used for the Don't Break the Chain technique for motivation and habits

Website

Don’t Break the Chain!

Website

The World’s Healthiest Foods

The cover of the book Feral by George Monbiot

Book

Feral

The cover of the book Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

Book

Sapiens

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

Video

The Ancestor of Language