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import React, { useState, useMemo } from 'react'; import { Play, Pause, Search, Home, Compass, Library, User, ChevronLeft, X, Heart, Globe, MoreVertical, SkipBack, SkipForward, Share } from 'lucide-react'; // --- DATA LAYER --- const CATEGORIES = [ "AI & Tech Revolution", "Money, Economics & Power", "Social Intelligence & Communication", "Psychology & Human Behavior", "Science & The Universe", "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", "Worldly Intelligence & Culture" ]; // Complete list of 240+ topics const ALL_TOPICS = [ // SECTION I: THE AI & TECH REVOLUTION (1–40) { id: 1, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "What Is AI — Really?", desc: "A simple explanation without hype or fear.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 2, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "How AI Actually Works", desc: "What machines really do when they “think” (no code/math).", duration: "15m" }, { id: 3, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "Will AI Replace You — Or Upgrade You?", desc: "Turning AI into a personal advantage.", duration: "18m" }, { id: 4, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "The Limits of Machines", desc: "What AI can never do, no matter how fast it gets.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 5, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "Why AI Sounds Smarter Than It Is", desc: "Language fluency vs real understanding.", duration: "11m" }, { id: 6, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "How AI “Learns” Without Knowing", desc: "Patterns, probability, and the lack of meaning.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 7, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "What Algorithms Really Are", desc: "Instructions at scale and how they rule your feed.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 8, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "Do You Even Need AI for Your Job?", desc: "When automation helps and when it’s useless.", duration: "10m" }, { id: 9, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "How to Use AI as a Tool, Not a Crutch", desc: "Human-machine augmentation mindset.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 10, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "Prompting 101", desc: "How to talk to AI so it gives useful output.", duration: "9m" }, { id: 11, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "AI Hallucinations Explained", desc: "Why AI makes things up and how to catch it.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 12, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "AI Jargon You Must Understand", desc: "LLMs, models, tokens, context windows.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 13, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "Top 20 Tech Buzzwords Explained", desc: "So you’re never lost in a meeting.", duration: "18m" }, { id: 14, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "How the Internet Actually Works", desc: "From undersea cables to the cloud.", duration: "20m" }, { id: 15, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "What Data Really Is", desc: "Understanding the “digital exhaust” you leave behind.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 16, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "How Surveillance Really Works", desc: "Modern monitoring in a connected world.", duration: "19m" }, { id: 17, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "Why Technology Is Never Neutral", desc: "Design choices shape behavior.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 18, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "What Digital Identity Means", desc: "Who are you when the screen is the witness?", duration: "13m" }, { id: 19, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "Why Social Media Changes Thinking", desc: "Feedback loops and attention capture.", duration: "17m" }, { id: 20, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "The Myth of Fully Autonomous Systems", desc: "Why human oversight stays essential.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 21, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "How Tech Hype Always Repeats", desc: "The same cycle with new names.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 22, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "How to Stay Human in a Tech World", desc: "Balance, agency, and focus.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 23, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "What Is Cryptocurrency?", desc: "Why it exists and why it scares institutions.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 24, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "How Crypto Actually Works", desc: "Blockchains, wallets, and mining myths.", duration: "18m" }, { id: 25, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "What Blockchain Really Is", desc: "Distributed trust in plain language.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 26, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "Is Crypto Investing or Speculation?", desc: "How to tell before you buy.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 27, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "Should You Invest in Crypto?", desc: "Risk, volatility, and reality checks.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 28, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "Why Scams Thrive in New Tech", desc: "Innovation attracts the dishonest.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 29, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "Digital Privacy for Normal People", desc: "Practical steps that actually work.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 30, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "Cybersecurity 101", desc: "How hackers think and how to stay safer.", duration: "19m" }, { id: 31, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "Password Reality", desc: "Why most passwords fail and what to do instead.", duration: "10m" }, { id: 32, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "Phishing, Explained", desc: "The psychology of online deception.", duration: "11m" }, { id: 33, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "What Is Web3?", desc: "Decentralized promise vs practical reality.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 34, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "The Metaverse Explained", desc: "Revolution or digital mall?", duration: "14m" }, { id: 35, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "The Green Tech Dilemma", desc: "The hidden costs of a “clean” future.", duration: "17m" }, { id: 36, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "The Ethics of Bio-Hacking", desc: "When technology enters the human body.", duration: "21m" }, { id: 37, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "Deepfakes and Reality", desc: "How synthetic media changes trust.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 38, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "AI at Work: The Safe Use Rules", desc: "What not to paste into AI tools.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 39, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "AI for Writing and Thinking", desc: "Brainstorming, structuring, and editing faster.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 40, cat: "AI & Tech Revolution", title: "AI for Productivity", desc: "Turning routine tasks into one-click workflows.", duration: "13m" }, // SECTION II: MONEY, ECONOMICS & POWER (41–84) { id: 41, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "What Money Actually Is", desc: "Agreement, trust, and power in one system.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 42, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "How Money Is Created", desc: "Central banks, debt, and the real mechanism.", duration: "18m" }, { id: 43, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "What Inflation Really Means", desc: "Why prices rise and how it erodes work.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 44, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Everything Feels More Expensive", desc: "Psychology vs economics gap.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 45, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Prices Tell the Truth", desc: "Markets as information signals.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 46, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "What Markets Do Well — and Badly", desc: "The strengths and limits of the 'invisible hand.'", duration: "17m" }, { id: 47, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Debt Can Be Smart or Dangerous", desc: "Leverage, control, and traps.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 48, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Bubbles Keep Happening", desc: "Greed, fear, mania, repeat.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 49, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "How Risk Is Misunderstood", desc: "We fear small threats and ignore big ones.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 50, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Long-Term Thinking Is Rare", desc: "Biology vs planning.", duration: "11m" }, { id: 51, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "What “Value” Really Means", desc: "Worth is not price.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 52, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "How Businesses Actually Grow", desc: "Beyond the “overnight success” myth.", duration: "18m" }, { id: 53, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Most Startups Fail", desc: "Reality vs glossy pitch decks.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 54, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "How Incentives Shape Companies", desc: "People do what they’re paid to do.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 55, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "What Financial Freedom Really Is", desc: "Independence beyond “being rich.”", duration: "15m" }, { id: 56, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Saving Is Hard Today", desc: "System changes that broke old advice.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 57, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "How Money Affects Relationships", desc: "Power, dependence, and trust.", duration: "17m" }, { id: 58, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Efficiency Has Limits", desc: "When optimization breaks systems.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 59, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Economic Crises Repeat", desc: "Patterns we refuse to learn.", duration: "19m" }, { id: 60, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Inequality Grows", desc: "Structural forces behind the gap.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 61, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "How Taxes Actually Work", desc: "Logic, illogic, and incentives.", duration: "18m" }, { id: 62, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Economic Myths Survive", desc: "Narratives beat data.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 63, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "The History of Trade", desc: "How moving goods moved civilization.", duration: "20m" }, { id: 64, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "What Is a Corporation?", desc: "The legal “person” that runs the world.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 65, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "The Power of Compounding", desc: "Small gains become massive outcomes.", duration: "11m" }, { id: 66, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Society, Power & Systems: How Power Works", desc: "The mechanics of influence and control.", duration: "17m" }, { id: 67, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Good Systems Survive Bad People", desc: "Resilience, checks, and institutional design.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 68, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "How Corruption Becomes Normal", desc: "Slow erosion of trust.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 69, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Scarcity Changes Thinking", desc: "The psychology of not having enough.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 70, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "The Economics of Attention", desc: "Who profits when you’re distracted.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 71, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "What Is Globalization?", desc: "Why your shirt traveled 10,000 miles.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 72, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "The Psychology of Sales", desc: "Why we buy what we don’t need.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 73, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Personal Finance in One Framework", desc: "Earn, save, invest, protect, repeat.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 74, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Markets Fail", desc: "When the invisible hand breaks.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 75, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "The Role of Gold in History", desc: "The metal that ruled empires.", duration: "18m" }, { id: 76, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "What Is Venture Capital?", desc: "How big bets are financed.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 77, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "How the Housing Market Works", desc: "Shelter became an asset.", duration: "17m" }, { id: 78, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Universal Basic Income Explained", desc: "Automation vs livelihoods.", duration: "19m" }, { id: 79, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "How Interest Rates Control Life", desc: "The invisible steering wheel.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 80, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Credit Scores Matter", desc: "Reputation converted into numbers.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 81, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Insurance: The Hidden Industry", desc: "Risk pooling and fine print.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 82, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Scams in Finance", desc: "Red flags everyone should know.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 83, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Negotiating Price Like a Pro", desc: "Tactics that don’t feel hostile.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 84, cat: "Money, Economics & Power", title: "Why Unintended Consequences Dominate History", desc: "How the best plans create the biggest surprises.", duration: "16m" }, // SECTION III: SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE & COMMUNICATION (85–124) { id: 85, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "How to Start a Conversation with Anyone", desc: "Openers that work in real life.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 86, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Public Speaking for Normal People", desc: "Clear speech without acting.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 87, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "How to Sound Confident Without Lying", desc: "Tone, pace, and pauses.", duration: "11m" }, { id: 88, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "How to Be Remembered After You Speak", desc: "Structures that stick.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 89, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "How to Read a Room", desc: "Situational intelligence in practice.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 90, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Body Language That Wins Support", desc: "Signals people react to unconsciously.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 91, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "How to Deal with Angry People", desc: "Bosses, strangers, officials.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 92, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "How to Say No Without Guilt", desc: "Boundaries that earn respect.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 93, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "How to Negotiate Without Conflict", desc: "Win outcomes without manipulation.", duration: "17m" }, { id: 94, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "How to Handle Authority Calmly", desc: "Communicating with power figures.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 95, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "The Art of Listening", desc: "Making people feel understood.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 96, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Explain Complex Ideas Simply", desc: "The skill of the Elegant Teacher.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 97, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Disagree Without Fighting", desc: "Productive conflict at work.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 98, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Feedback That Works", desc: "Help others without triggering defense.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 99, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "How to Receive Criticism", desc: "Turning attacks into useful data.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 100, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "How to Handle Rejection", desc: "Reset fast and move on.", duration: "11m" }, { id: 101, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Lead Without a Title", desc: "Influence from character, not rank.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 102, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Sell an Idea, Not a Product", desc: "Persuasion for modern life.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 103, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Communicating Across Cultures", desc: "Avoiding global pitfalls.", duration: "18m" }, { id: 104, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "The Power of Silence", desc: "Quiet people often win.", duration: "10m" }, { id: 105, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "How Tone Changes Meaning", desc: "The “how” is half the message.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 106, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Build Rapport Fast", desc: "Trust in minutes, not months.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 107, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Dealing with Power Imbalances", desc: "Speaking up from “below.”", duration: "15m" }, { id: 108, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Ask Better Questions", desc: "The ultimate learning and leading skill.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 109, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Resolve Family Conflicts", desc: "Logic in emotional spaces.", duration: "17m" }, { id: 110, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "The Art of the Apology", desc: "Fix mistakes with dignity.", duration: "11m" }, { id: 111, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Network Without Being Fake", desc: "Genuine professional ties.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 112, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Identify Manipulation", desc: "Subtle tactics people use.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 113, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Stay Calm Under Pressure", desc: "Techniques for high-stakes moments.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 114, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Why Small Talk Matters", desc: "Social glue builds real trust.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 115, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Moderate a Discussion", desc: "Keep groups focused and fair.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 116, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Public Image vs Private Self", desc: "Managing the “brand” of you.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 117, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Write a Clear Email", desc: "Modern work communication basics.", duration: "10m" }, { id: 118, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "The Psychology of Persuasion", desc: "Why people say yes.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 119, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "End a Conversation Gracefully", desc: "The polite art of exit.", duration: "9m" }, { id: 120, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Flirting Without Being Creepy", desc: "Respectful attraction signals.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 121, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Romantic Conversation Starters", desc: "What to say without clichés.", duration: "11m" }, { id: 122, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Handling Passive Aggression", desc: "How to respond without escalation.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 123, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Dealing with Difficult Neighbors", desc: "Practical conflict prevention.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 124, cat: "Social Intelligence & Communication", title: "Handling Customer Complaints", desc: "Turning anger into resolution.", duration: "14m" }, // SECTION IV: PSYCHOLOGY & HUMAN BEHAVIOR (125–167) { id: 125, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why Smart People Believe Nonsense", desc: "Bias beats intelligence.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 126, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why Fear Beats Logic", desc: "The lizard brain’s steering wheel.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 127, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why People Resist Change", desc: "Comfort over improvement.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 128, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why We Overestimate Ourselves", desc: "Dunning–Kruger in daily life.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 129, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "How Habits Actually Form", desc: "Systems beat motivation.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 130, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why Incentives Beat Morals", desc: "What drives human action.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 131, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "How Crowds Think", desc: "Groups become irrational fast.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 132, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why People Get Angry", desc: "Threat, ego, fear.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 133, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "How Stress Shrinks Intelligence", desc: "Pressure vs prefrontal cortex.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 134, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why Attention Is the New Currency", desc: "The battle for focus.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 135, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why People Take Things Personally", desc: "The defensive ego.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 136, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why We Misjudge Others", desc: "Projection and shortcuts.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 137, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why Confidence Beats Truth", desc: "Social “sounding right.”", duration: "14m" }, { id: 138, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why People Avoid Responsibility", desc: "Fear of cost and consequences.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 139, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why We Love Simple Lies", desc: "Complexity avoidance.", duration: "11m" }, { id: 140, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "How Emotions Override Logic", desc: "Brain hierarchy.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 141, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why Calm People Have Power", desc: "Regulation as advantage.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 142, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why Boredom Is Good", desc: "Stillness fuels creativity.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 143, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "The Psychology of Identity", desc: "Why we fight for groups.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 144, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why We Procrastinate", desc: "Emotional regulation, not laziness.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 145, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "The Power of Placebo", desc: "Belief changes biology.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 146, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why We Crave Approval", desc: "Evolution and status.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 147, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "How Trauma Shapes Us", desc: "Triggers and resilience.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 148, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "The Paradox of Choice", desc: "More options, less happiness.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 149, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "How News Is Constructed", desc: "The incentives and selection logic of the media.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 150, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Narratives Shape Reality", desc: "We see stories, not facts.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 151, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "The Science of Empathy", desc: "Feeling with others.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 152, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why Status Obsesses Us", desc: "The invisible ladder.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 153, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "The Psychology of Addiction", desc: "Phones to substances.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 154, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why We Mirror Others", desc: "The imitation instinct.", duration: "11m" }, { id: 155, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "The Roots of Creativity", desc: "Where originality comes from.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 156, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Build Self-Discipline", desc: "Trading now for later.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 157, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "The Nature of Grit", desc: "Persistence beats talent.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 158, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why We Fear the Unknown", desc: "Managing uncertainty.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 159, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "The Halo Effect", desc: "Why attractive seems “good.”", duration: "11m" }, { id: 160, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Cognitive Dissonance", desc: "Why changing hurts.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 161, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Impostor Syndrome", desc: "Feeling fake while being competent.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 162, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Boundaries Psychology", desc: "Why limits create respect.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 163, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "The Psychology of Envy", desc: "Comparison as poison.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 164, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why People Gossip", desc: "Social bonding and control.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 165, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "How to Stop Overthinking", desc: "Tools for mental clarity.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 166, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why Statistics Mislead", desc: "How data is manipulated and misunderstood.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 167, cat: "Psychology & Human Behavior", title: "Why History Gets It Wrong", desc: "How distortion and revision shape our past.", duration: "16m" }, // SECTION V: SCIENCE & THE UNIVERSE (168–203) { id: 168, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "What Is Time?", desc: "The mystery of the “now.”", duration: "16m" }, { id: 169, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "What Is Space?", desc: "The vacuum around everything.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 170, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "What Is a Galaxy?", desc: "Our cosmic neighborhood.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 171, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Inside a Black Hole", desc: "Where laws break down.", duration: "17m" }, { id: 172, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "How the Universe Began", desc: "Big Bang and before.", duration: "18m" }, { id: 173, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "What Gravity Really Is", desc: "Curvature, not pulling.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 174, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "What Energy Means", desc: "The engine of reality.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 175, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "What Is Consciousness?", desc: "The hard problem.", duration: "19m" }, { id: 176, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "What Life Actually Is", desc: "Chemistry vs biology boundary.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 177, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Why Randomness Matters", desc: "Luck and probability.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 178, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "What Science Can’t Answer", desc: "Hard limits.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 179, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Why Measurement Changes Outcomes", desc: "Observer effects.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 180, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "How Consensus Forms", desc: "How “facts” stabilize.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 181, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Why Breakthroughs Take Time", desc: "Slow discovery.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 182, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Why Nature Favors Simplicity", desc: "Elegant design.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 183, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Chaos Theory", desc: "Small causes, big effects.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 184, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Why Prediction Fails", desc: "Complex systems.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 185, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Why Uncertainty Is Permanent", desc: "No final answers.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 186, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Why Science Is Provisional", desc: "Truth evolves.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 187, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Why Wonder Matters", desc: "Curiosity fuels progress.", duration: "11m" }, { id: 188, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "The Hidden World of Microbes", desc: "Tiny organisms run your body.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 189, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Evolution Actually Works", desc: "Beyond slogans.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 190, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "The Science of Sleep", desc: "Brain cleaning at night.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 191, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "What Is Light?", desc: "Wave, particle, speed limit.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 192, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Dark Matter", desc: "The invisible glue of galaxies.", duration: "17m" }, { id: 193, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "DNA Stores Your Story", desc: "Biological code.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 194, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Thermodynamics", desc: "Why everything runs down.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 195, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "What Is an Atom?", desc: "Mostly empty building blocks.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 196, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Genetic Engineering Future", desc: "Designing tomorrow.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 197, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Why the Sky Is Blue", desc: "Simple question, deep answer.", duration: "10m" }, { id: 198, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "How Seasons Work", desc: "Tilt and orbit dance.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 199, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "The Power of the Sun", desc: "Fusion explained.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 200, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Why Water Is Weird", desc: "Properties that allow life.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 201, cat: "Science & The Universe", title: "Climate Science Basics", desc: "Earth’s temperature engine.", duration: 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"Control what matters.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 209, cat: "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", title: "Epicurus on Happiness", desc: "Pleasure misunderstood.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 210, cat: "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", title: "Kant on Responsibility", desc: "Intentions vs outcomes.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 211, cat: "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", title: "Nietzsche on Meaning", desc: "Value without guarantees.", duration: "16m" }, { id: 212, cat: "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", title: "Eastern Philosophy Basics", desc: "Balance and impermanence.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 213, cat: "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", title: "What Freedom Really Means", desc: "Choice vs autonomy.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 214, cat: "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", title: "Why Meaning Matters", desc: "Purpose builds resilience.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 215, cat: "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", title: "Wisdom vs Intelligence", desc: "Facts vs living.", duration: "11m" }, { id: 216, cat: "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", title: "What Truth Means", desc: "Objective vs belief.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 217, cat: "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", title: "Why Certainty Is Dangerous", desc: "The trap of being sure.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 218, cat: "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", title: "How Knowledge Is Formed", desc: "Experience, language, culture.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 219, cat: "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", title: "Trade-Offs Are Unavoidable", desc: "Every yes is a no.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 220, cat: "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", title: "Progress Is Complicated", desc: "Gains hide losses.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 221, cat: "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", title: "Humans Need Stories", desc: "Narrative survival.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 222, cat: "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", title: "Think Clearly", desc: "Mental discipline.", duration: "15m" }, { id: 223, cat: "Philosophy & Thinking Clearly", title: "How to Live a Good Life", desc: "Ancient answers for modern stress.", duration: "16m" }, // SECTION VII: WORLDLY INTELLIGENCE & CULTURE (224–248) { id: 224, cat: "Worldly Intelligence & Culture", title: "American Political Terms Explained", desc: "Left, right, liberal, conservative.", duration: "12m" }, { id: 225, cat: "Worldly Intelligence & Culture", title: "British Phrases That Hide Meaning", desc: "Politeness and subtext.", duration: "11m" }, { id: 226, cat: "Worldly Intelligence & Culture", title: "Yiddish Wisdom", desc: "Sharp truths about human nature.", duration: "10m" }, { id: 227, cat: "Worldly Intelligence & Culture", title: "Arabic Hospitality & Honor", desc: "Deep cultural codes.", duration: "13m" }, { id: 228, cat: "Worldly Intelligence & Culture", title: "French & Italian Attraction Language", desc: "Romance words that actually fit context.", duration: "14m" }, { id: 229, cat: "Worldly Intelligence & Culture", title: "How Germans Communicate Directly", desc: "Why blunt honesty is respect.", duration: "12m" }, { 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