Psychology & Human Behavior Videos Hacker News Recommends — Page 2

talk#1539

Terence Mckenna - Culture is your operating system

Dani Dögenigt

“If you want to know where the metaphor of philosophy as an operating system comes from”

1 HN recommenders · 2009–2023

talk#1540

Why our IQ levels are higher than our grandparents' | James Flynn

TED

“This is an argument made by James Flynn in his amazing TED talk”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

talk#1552

A visual guide to Bayesian thinking

Julia Galef

“The most important mathematical video you will ever see in your life.”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

talk#1559

Thinking, Fast and Slow | Daniel Kahneman | Talks at Google

Talks at Google

“If you're short on time, watch Kahneman's talk at Google, which basically summarizes the first chapter or so.”

2 HN recommenders · 2011–2023

lecture#1582

Robert Sapolsky: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Stanford Iranian Studies Program

“a talk where he explores various physical and environmental factors that influence human actions”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2026

explainer#1620

So... the minute hand shows progression — apparently we think of time in wildly different ways

Technology Connextras

“Technology Connections has a very good video on this, and completely changed thinking”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

talk#1648

Simon Sinek: Why Leaders Eat Last

99U

“watching talks by the authors, which give you the key concepts from the book in an hour”

3 HN recommenders · 2014–2017

talk#1661

How to recover from depression

Psychlopaedia.org

“this video helped me immensely at one point in my life”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

commentary#1747

DICKS: Do you need to be one to be a successful leader?

Max Joseph

“here's the best video I've found that breaks apart the idea of an "asshole"”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2020

lecture#1775

2017 Personality 01: Introduction

Jordan B Peterson

“the original Personality Lectures (2017) of Jordan Peterson are really great.”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

explainer#1790

Loneliness

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“had an excellent research report as video summarizing loneliness”

4 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

talk#1824

The puzzle of motivation | Dan Pink | TED

TED

“I highly recommend taking a look at the work of Daniel Pink related to money as an incentive.”

3 HN recommenders · 2010–2026

explainer#1843

RSA ANIMATE: Smile or Die

Royal Society of Arts

“I strongly recommend you to watch Smile or Die, a talk by Barbara Ehrenreich.”

3 HN recommenders · 2011–2022

demo#1851

selective attention test

Daniel Simons

“a longer but more relevant "motorcycle invisibility training" video”

3 HN recommenders · 2011–2025

explainer#1895

Brené Brown on Empathy

Royal Society of Arts

“the video was still useful for me. It's less than 3 minutes long.”

3 HN recommenders · 2013–2020

documentary#1899

The Trolley Problem in Real Life

Vsauce

“The video is well worth a watch”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

talk#1929

Meaningful Play: Getting Gamification Right

Google TechTalks

“getting it right can make really powerful games”

3 HN recommenders · 2012–2014

talk#1956

Forget big change, start with a tiny habit: BJ Fogg at TEDxFremont

TEDx Talks

“After I X, I will do Y. X must be sure, Y must be small.”

3 HN recommenders · 2014–2017

talk#1989

Making Badass Developers - Kathy Sierra (Serious Pony) keynote

O'Reilly

“Kathy Sierra gave an informative talk on the topic of learning at the 2015 O'Reilly Fluent conference.”

3 HN recommenders · 2017

tutorial#2009

How to Get Good at Small Talk, and Even Enjoy It

Harvard Business Review

“If you need some small talk tips, see this short video.”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

talk#2061

The psychology of evil | Philip Zimbardo

TED

“Here's Zimbardo's TED talk on what makes people do evil”

2 HN recommenders · 2012–2024

talk#2098

How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals | Stephen Duneier | TEDxTucson

TEDx Talks

“The idea of marginal adjustment is both simple and powerful.”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

demo#2147

Causal understanding of water displacement by a crow

PLOS Media

“This video is a startling verification.of the crows mental capabilities.”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2023

explainer#2156

Why Life Seems to Speed Up as We Age

Veritasium

“Veritasium explores this and IMO the alternative arguments are more compelling”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

explainer#2188

First Follower: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy

Derek Sivers

“Watch this 2 minute to see how this works, you may have seen this before”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2026

lecture#2218

Jordan Peterson - Controversial Facts about IQ

Bite-sized Philosophy

“IQ has an amazingly high correlation with academic success and work success”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

explainer#2309

The Most Common Cognitive Bias

Veritasium

“I would suggest this video by Veritasium, which also touches on this, at a very fundamental level”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2023

talk#2313

Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives

TED

“Jonathon Haidt has actually done some great scientific work on the real differences between liberals and conservatives.”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2018

explainer#2325

Invisibility Training for Motorcyclists

FortNine

“a longer but more relevant "motorcycle invisibility training" video”

4 HN recommenders · 2019–2026

lecture#2375

"Understanding Burnout," Prof. Christina Maslach (U.C. Berkeley)

Thriving In Science

“There is this excellent talk by Maslach, "Understanding Burnout" which dispels most misunderstandings”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2019

talk#2376

The surprising science of happiness | Dan Gilbert

TED

“is one of the best TED talks of all time”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

lecture#2422

2017 Personality 18: Biology & Traits: Openness/Intelligence/Creativity I

Jordan B Peterson

“For anybody interested in personality research, I warmly recommend this lecture series, by the way.”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

explainer#2437

I took an IQ test to explain what's wrong with them

Veritasium

“Veritasium had a good primer on IQ scores and what they actually mean for your life”

3 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

explainer#2457

The Uncanny Valley Is Wrong

This Place

“here's an amazing video making a convincing argument that "Uncanny Valley" isn't a thing”

2 HN recommenders · 2021

explainer#2500

Why Gifted Kids Are Actually Special Needs

HealthyGamerGG

“It is a truly excellent video for helping to understand some of the psychological/emotional challenges of being”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

lecture#2518

Jordan Peterson - Pareto Distributions

Bite-sized Philosophy

“Jordan Peterson has an excellent lecture on describing this phenomenon.”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

talk#2536

Joscha: Computational Meta-Psychology

media.ccc.de

“Recommend watching this video on Computational Meta-Psychology”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2020

documentary#2572

Hjernevask - Brainwashing (Eng Sub) Part 1 - The Gender Equality Paradox

The Bookman

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2018

explainer#2573

Why is this number everywhere?

Veritasium

“humans are fairly predictable when trying to come up with random numbers, for example, have a look at this Veritasium video”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

demo#2595

What Would You Do? Bike Theft (White Guy, Black Guy, Pretty Girl)

VladCantSleep

“There's an awesome video of three college-student-aged in a park.”

2 HN recommenders · 2013–2018

explainer#2627

Two Monkeys Were Paid Unequally: Excerpt from Frans de Waal's TED Talk

TED Blog Video

“This is the video that explains the best”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2024

podcast#2636

Joe Rogan Experience #1419 - Daryl Davis

PowerfulJRE

“His episode on the JRE is really good and his stories keep you engaged.”

2 HN recommenders · 2020

talk#2688

Strange answers to the psychopath test | Jon Ronson | TED

TED

“In my opinion it is one of the greatest talks of all time and it gave me goosebumps.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

documentary#2748

Don't Be a Sucker - 1947

Weirdo Video

“Here's a good video from 1947 explaining the whole thing”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

talk#2804

Genetics and Intelligence

Google TechTalks

“You can also choose to spend an hour on this talk by Stephen Hsu who does research on IQ and genetics”

2 HN recommenders · 2015–2022

talk#2849

Are we in control of our decisions? | Dan Ariely

TED

“talks about the very significant differences in organ donation rates between countries”

2 HN recommenders · 2011–2017

explainer#2864

RSA ANIMATE: The Secret Powers of Time

Royal Society of Arts

“another approach I found interesting is the one proposed by Philip Zimbardo neatly presented in this video”

2 HN recommenders · 2010–2014

lecture#2865

Why hierarchy creates a destructive force within the human psyche (by dr. Robert Sapolsky)

TheSymposionNights

“Here's Sapolsky explaining how stress in an hierarchical social arrangement impacts heart health and life expectancy.”

2 HN recommenders · 2015–2024