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How to Speak
MIT OpenCourseWare
Documented HN sourceHN 21.0
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HN treats it as the canonical, near-universally recommended lecture on giving talks and presentations.
Mental health & neurodiversity
Stanford's Sapolsky On Depression in U.S. (Full Lecture)
Stanford · Discussed on HN from 2009 to 2026
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- 01sapolsky
- 02depression
- 03neuroscience
Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky lectures on depression as a real biological disease. He covers its biological and psychological causes, how it differs from ordinary sadness, and ideas such as learned helplessness. He ties these together into one account.
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Interesting Stanford lecture on depression.
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AT&T Archives: Similiarities of Wave Behavior (Bonus Edition)
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