What Makes Us Tick

Added on 30th May 2011

Why do we talk as if we're rational, but act as if we're not? Why do some people always want to take control? What is the true role of religion? Why do we seek change, yet resist it? Why do we want more of the things that have failed to satisfy us? Why are we so passionate about sport? Why do we fall out of love?

Hugh Mackay

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2020 — 10 speeches

Connection, Creativity, Community: Finding Hope in a Climate of Crisis

2019 — 9 speeches

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2018 — 11 speeches

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2017 — 11 speeches

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2015 — 12 speeches

Think Differently: ideas that change communities

2014 — 11 speeches

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