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• Amy Cuddy. Your body image shapes who you are
  Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” — standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident — can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success. Filmed June 2012.
• Jonathan Haidt - The moral roots of liberals and conservatives
  TED2008, March 2008 Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most.
• Robert Wright - Progress is not a zero-sum game
  TED 2006, Feb 2006 Author Robert Wright explains "non-zero-sumness" — the network of linked fortunes and cooperation that has guided our evolution to this point — and how we can use it to help save humanity today.
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