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24 alternatives to Hidden Brain - What Drives The Holiday Spirit? A Christmas Investigation

Holiday giving, charity, and the exploration of altruism

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hidden Brain - What Drives The Holiday Spirit? A Christmas Investigation launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Hidden Brain - Christmas▲58
Why do we give? Can we do it better?
2015 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
2
Hidden Brain -5: Compassion▲56
The Science of Compassion
2015 · its alternatives →
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Waking Up #44 - Being Good and Doing Good: A Conversation with William MacAskill▲55
Effective altruism, moral illusions, and existential risk
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
4
Statistically Interesting: GiveDirectly Holiday Special▲61
Data driven charity talks about optimizing their impact
2016 · its alternatives →
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EconTalk with Russ Roberts: Interviewing Ryan Holiday▲66
The role of ego in biz our personal lives, and history
2016 · econtalk.org · its alternatives →
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Faster Than Normal: Unlocking the Gifts of the ADHD Brain▲77
Transforming ADD/HD from a curse to a Superpower
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
7
Ego Is The Enemy▲140
Ryan Holiday's new book on humility and resilience
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Unconscious Branding▲61
How Neuroscience Can Empower (and Inspire) Marketing
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Season's AI Greetings▲102
Empower holiday spirit with AI-crafted wishes
2023 · its alternatives →
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Effective Altruism Funds▲163
Do more good with an evidence-based charity portfolio 💡 📈
2017 · funds.effectivealtruism.org · its alternatives →
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The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain ▲65
The science behind creative insights.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Hidden Brain - Misbehaving▲54
Why most economists might as well be studying unicorns
2016 · its alternatives →
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Moral Tribes▲56
Emotion, reason, and the gap between us and them
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Brainfluence▲62
100 ways to persuade consumers with neuromarketing
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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99% Invisible - The Magic Bureaucrat▲62
How overgeneralized correlational data influenced US welfare
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Neuromarketing▲61
Understanding the buy buttons in your customer's brain
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Generosity▲100
A new fundraising community from the team at Indiegogo
2015 · gofundme.com · its alternatives →
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Christmas Experiments▲74
The digital advent calendar
2014 · its alternatives →
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Christmas Present Thing▲67
From Crowdrise, give back instead of giving something dumb
2014 · gofundme.com · its alternatives →
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On Being - Mirabai Bush — Search Inside Yourself: Contemplation in Life and Work▲55
The rediscovery of contemplative practices
2015 · its alternatives →
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Lying▲64
An analysis to the human capacity to lie
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom▲57
Ancient wisdom paired with modern science
2016 · happinesshypothesis.com · its alternatives →
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Millennial - Making Millennial: An Out-Of-Body Experience▲71
A bonus episode
2015 · feeds.soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Invisible Influence▲69
The hidden forces that shape behavior
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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