Dalai Lama
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- Milken Institute1h 2m
Workshop: Using Meditation to Expand Your Capacity for Compassion
Suze Yalof Schwartz, James Doty, Bob Roth, Sharon Salzberg, Jeffrey Walker, Deepak Chopra, Jerry Seinfeld, Victor Frankl, Bobby Kennedy, Dan Ardee, Mark Bertolini, Silly, Jaren Smartano, Elizabeth Choe, Spencer, Bhagavad Gita, Tish Jennings, Mark Greenberg, Robert Kaplan, Lieutenant Difty, Amishi Jai, Glenn Beck, Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Alma, Pope, Glenn Hubbard Jr.
Driven by evidence that meditation shifts the brain from sympathetic stress to parasympathetic restoration, major corporations, educational systems, and healthcare institutions are integrating these practices to reduce burnout and improve operational efficiency. Key figures like neurosurgeon James Doty and investor Jeffrey Kaufmann champion data-backed programs that have demonstrated tangible benefits, including significant cost savings for Aetna and reduced violence in Chicago schools. This global movement reframes compassion as a trainable skill for resilience, establishing a new standard for preventative mental health care across military, corporate, and academic sectors.
- Milken Institute1h 21m
Milken Institute Forum: Todd Buchholz
Todd Buchholz, Skip, Debbie, Dick Fredericks, Henny Youngman, E.F. Schumacher, Jimmy Carter, Robert Redford, Shirley Temple, Julia Child, Jackie Robinson, George Washington, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stalin, Daniel Gilbert, Richard Frank, Mandela, Steve Jobs, Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa, Fidel, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Mark Twain, Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Jonas Salk, Watson, Crick, Harry, Lucille Ball, Ethel, Kiyosaki, Tom Cruise, Ozzie, Harriet, Beaver, Theodore Roosevelt, Milton Berle, Joe Biden, Yao Ming, John Taylor, Al Gore, John Mackey
Todd Buchholz argues that human rushing, biological stress, and economic competition are essential drivers of happiness, freedom, and historical progress, refuting narratives that advocate for retreat into simplicity. He supports this thesis with neuroscientific evidence showing that risk-taking stimulates cognitive function, historical data proving capitalism's role in extending life expectancy, and corporate case studies like General Motors illustrating the inefficiency of suppressed competition. Buchholz concludes that removing competitive pressure leads to stagnation and tyranny, while maintaining that freedom and merit-based incentives are necessary to sustain the ongoing rise in human prosperity and longevity.