Does astrology really work? Have you ever wondered where the study of horoscopes came from? What exactly is Jyotish Shastra, and when or why did we start reading Kundali charts? In this episode, we dive deep into the origins of Astrology. Is it a scientific branch of study or is it plain placebo? Listen to us elaborate on the tenets of Astrology and discuss its impact on everyday life in the ancient as well as modern world.

Success is always associated with luck and there's a way anyone can get lucky. Let us explain the four types of luck and how to increase each of them in this video. Find out the dependence of success on luck to understand why this is it the case. We will see quotes from successful and popular people, some concepts around luck and success, and a lot of interesting facts and information on how to get lucky.

Do you think that your opinion is different than everyone else? Are you afraid that your opinion might be unpopular? This thought itself is much more common than you think. We take a lot of decisions in our life assuming the opinions of other people, not realising how much this impacts our day-to-day life. But we may be thinking entirely wrong about how others think. In this episode, we have explained the theory of Preference Falsification that was coined by Timur Kuran in his book “Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification”.

Is stress good or bad? We say it's lethal. And we have some good reasons to believe that. In this episode, let us explain to you the origins of stress, how it affects our physiology, and in what ways it can be dangerous to you. To do that, we need to understand what stress is and how it evolved in humans, why stress is useful to us or good for us in some cases and really bad for others. Let's dissect the stress to see our relationship with it.

Misinformation & fake news are wild spread in today’s day & age thanks to the ease of access to information that we have. Whether it is social media, or newspaper articles, misleading information & lies are rampant and they shape the narratives that we believe, and warp our perspective of the world. Is it possible to escape misinformation? How can we spot fake news and trust what is real?

In this episode, we talk about the dangers of misinformation with the help of several real-life examples. It is the era of information that we live in - be it real or misleading, so is it really possible to avoid or ignore misinformation? We cover different ways to spot fake news, different tools we can use to question the news that we consume and hope that you find these tips helpful as well. By the end of the episode you will have a tool kit on how to protect yourself from the dangers of misinformation.

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There is a quick way of learning anything you want and most of us are already using it. The topic of discussion at hand today is learning by osmosis. How you can absorb information and behaviors of the people that surround you. Understand how you can employ this technique in your daily lives to become a better version of yourself, faster.

Some evil business tactics and strategies employed by corporations can help us get a perspective on how things happen in the corporate world and why it is individuals who mostly that get the worst out of it. Let's understand some such tactics from history when companies shifted blame to individuals, try to understand why they do that, and what can be done about it in this FutureIQ episode.

The advertising industry manipulates you in more ways than you realize. Let's understand the economic incentives of the advertising industry in this episode of the FutureIQ podcast. Find out how advertising encourages outrage and anger directly or indirectly. The reason you find

Weddings are a total Rip-off and make no sense at all but we're still tempted to go through all the functions and spend lakhs, even crores on those occasions. Sometimes, a lot more than that when we take an example of events like Anant Ambani's wedding.

How to Win Friends and Influence People is an amazing book written by Dale Carnegie. The book presents several actionable principles that you can apply in real life to make people like you by being genuinely interested in them, showing curiosity, and providing actual value. The title may look preachy, but the principles are life-changing. Watch us discuss some of these principles in this episode of the FutureIQ podcast.