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Daniel Levitin: Successful Aging
The Strand 828 Broadway, New York, NY, United StatesAuthor of the iconic bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind, Daniel Levitin turns his keen insights to what happens in our brains as we age, why we should think about health span, not life span, and, based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscientific evidence, what you can do to make the most of […]
Book Launch: “How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy”
New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for the launch of HOW TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE with editors Skye Cleary, Massimo Pigliucci, and Daniel Kaufman, along with contributor and Ethical NYC Leader Emerita Anne Klaeysen. ABOUT HOW TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE: A collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choosing a philosophy for […]
Tiny Habits: Small Changes to Transform Your Life
92 Y 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, United StatesWhat creates habit change in the real world? At last, you can learn what really works. Stanford behavior scientist BJ Fogg is joined by his former student Ramit Sethi for a special evening all about human behavior. They will share breakthrough change methods they’ve tested over the course of two decades, drawing on real-world results […]
Escher and the Droste Effect
Simons Foundation 160 5th Ave, New York, NY, United StatesIn 1956, the Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher made an unusual lithograph. Titled “Prentententoonstelling” (or, “Print Gallery”), the piece shows a young man standing in an exhibition gallery viewing a print of a Mediterranean seaport. Among the buildings depicted in the twisting print, the man paradoxically sees the very same gallery in which he is […]
PERSON PLACE THING: Randy Cohen in conversation with Budd Heyman, MD
NYU Langone Health Science Building 435 E 30th St, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for a live taping of Randy Cohen's podcast PERSON PLACE THING with Budd Heyman, MD, medical director of Prison Health Services at Bellevue Hospital Center. Budd Heyman, MD, has been the medical director of Prison Health Services at Bellevue Hospital Center for more than 26 years, and is a clinical instructor in the […]