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Dear TED, Is It 'Bad Science' or a 'Game of Thrones'?

By Deepak Chopra, MD. FACP, Stuart Hameroff, MD, Menas C. Kafatos, Ph.D., Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D., and Neil Theise, MD

Compassion It

Compassion It is a Charter Partner

Mission

The mission of COMPASSION IT is to inspire daily compassionate actions.

The Science of Compassion

Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine; Director, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education

Karen Armstron--A Short History of Myth

Armstrong, Karen.  A Short History of Myth (Cannongate, U.S., 2006).

Excerpt from A Short History of Myth

What is a Myth?

The Evolution of Compassion

Author Robert Wright thinks the crises the human species now faces are moral in nature, and that our salvation lies in the intelligent pursuit of self-interest. In his book Nonzero, Wright argues that life depends on a non-zero-sum dynamic.

10 Things Science Taught Us About Happiness in 2012

Photo by Insight Imaging: John A. Ryan Photography

Last year’s most surprising, provocative, and inspiring findings on the science of living a meaningful life.

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