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Are you okay, and what do we all need to be okay?
Tim and I ask: are you okay, and what do we all need to be okay? omny.fm/shows/blind-insights/are-you-okay Countless articles about…
What Facebook has learned from Big Tobacco
This week, former Facebook employee Frances Haugen has blown the whistle on the company knowingly continuing to allow its social…
A perfect mental health storm: fear, risk aversion, social media, and the COVID-19 pandemic
Countless articles about the negative mental health implications of lockdowns have been written since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Please help Richard Jacobs and me to reduce the impact of anxiety and depression (with working podcast link)
Richard Jacobs has set himself and the Finding Genius foundation the mission to reduce the impact of anxiety and depression…
Please help Richard Jacobs and me to reduce the impact of anxiety and depression
Richard Jacobs has set himself and the Finding Genius foundation the mission to reduce the impact of anxiety and depression…
Confidence or competence: what comes first?
Working out how to empower people always involves building up both their confidence and competence, but deciding on which one…
The fall of Kabul, in brief
The speed at which the Taliban have taken control of Afghanistan has surprised Western journalists, and the images of Afghanis…
Thank You Very Much for the Testimonials
To everyone who has written me a testimonial, I would like to say thank you very much. I am rarely…
David Olney is proud to announce that he has joined the Finding Genius Foundation’s Board of Directors
I am proud to announce that, as of 22 July 2021, I am serving as a founding member of the…
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