American culture is all about positive affirmations. Dream big! Shoot for the stars! But do positive fantasies actually help us achieve our goals? This week, as part of our You 2.0 summer series, we revisit a conversation with researcher Gabriele Oettingen about how we can make our goals more attainable: You 2.0: WOOP, WOOP! : Hidden Brain

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It has been a staple of kindergarten classrooms for decades. But Woody Guthrie didn’t intend for the song to be a ringing endorsement of American exceptionalism—he wrote it for those who were getting left behind: “This Land Is Your Land”: The Story Behind America’s Best-Known Protest Song

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You aren’t alone in your fear of makeup-clad entertainers; people have been frightened by clowns for centuries: The History and Psychology of Clowns Being Scary