Meditation
Practice of mindfulness
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| January 2025 | Cisco filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the Falun Gong lawsuit. |
| 2024 |
Sam Harris
Endorsed Kamala Harris for the presidential election and participated in a debate on the Honestly podcast arguing in her support, with Ben Shapiro presenting the case for Donald Trump.
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| May 2024 | Dorsey announced his departure from the Bluesky Social board of directors, endorsing X as 'freedom technology' and citing concerns about the company's shift to a traditional corporate structure and centralized moderation tools. |
| 2023 | Received the Centennial Medal from the Harvard Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, recognizing his long-standing academic and scholarly achievements. |
| 2023 |
Sam Harris
Harris gave an interview to The Daily Beast explaining his break from the intellectual dark web, citing disagreements with Bret Weinstein, concerns about Maajid Nawaz's COVID-19 conspiracy theories, and disappointment with Dave Rubin's perceived cynicism.
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| 2023 |
Sam Harris
Harris publicly stated that if COVID-19 had caused higher child mortality, there would be significantly less tolerance for vaccine skepticism.
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| October 2023 |
Sam Harris
During the Israel-Hamas war, Harris expressed support for Israel and strongly condemned the Hamas attack on Israel, rejecting arguments about Israeli settlements provoking the conflict.
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| July 2023 | The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the previous dismissal, ruling that the Cisco Systems lawsuit may proceed to trial. |
| June 2023 | Dorsey endorsed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his campaign for the 2024 Democratic party presidential nomination. |
| March 2023 |
Sam Harris
Sam Harris hosted podcast guests Matt Ridley and Alina Chan to discuss the potential origins of COVID-19, specifically exploring the hypothesis that the virus may have been created in a laboratory.
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| 2022 | Hafenbrack et al. conducted a study with 1,400 participants examining how focused-breathing meditation can dampen the relationship between transgressions and the desire to engage in reparative prosocial behaviors. |
| 2022 | The U.S. National Institutes of Health published an analysis concluding that while evidence was low quality, tai chi appears to have a small positive effect on quality of life. |
| 2022 | Published 'Why We Meditate: The Science and Practice of Clarity and Compassion' with Tsoknyi Rinpoche, continuing his exploration of meditation and consciousness. |
| November 2022 | Twitter reinstated Trump's account following Elon Musk's purchase of the platform. |
| October 2022 | Dorsey retained his 2.4% ownership of Twitter when the company was sold to Elon Musk. |
| May 2022 | Dorsey left the board of directors of Twitter. |
| February 2022 | Jack Dorsey joined the board of directors of Bluesky Social, a decentralized social networking protocol and app developed as a Twitter spin-off. |
| 2021 | Poullin et al. conducted a study with 691 participants discovering that mindfulness can increase selfishness and potentially decrease prosocial behavior, particularly in individuals with independent self-construals. |
| 2021 | Pack and other USAGM officials face a criminal inquiry due to whistleblower allegations about diverting funds to Ultrasurf. |
| 2021 |
Sam Harris
Harris formally 'turned in his imaginary membership card' to the intellectual dark web, publicly distancing himself from the group.
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| November 29 2021 | Dorsey resigned as Twitter's CEO, being replaced by Parag Agrawal, while continuing to lead Block, Inc. |
| June 2021 | UN Human Rights Council's Special Procedures voiced serious concerns about forced medical examinations and organ harvesting targeting Falun Gong practitioners and other minority groups in China. |
| April 28 2021 | Pope Francis addresses the General Audience, stating that meditation is a need for everyone and emphasizing the heart as the 'organ of prayer'. |
| January 18 2021 | Two days before Biden's inauguration, Pack appoints an Epoch Times columnist to the board of directors, who had claimed the January 6 insurrection was a 'false flag operation'. |
| January 14 2021 | Dorsey defended banning Trump from Twitter while also expressing concern about the precedent set by the action. |
| January 8 2021 | Twitter permanently suspended Trump's account following a review of his posts' content and context. |
| January 6 2021 | Twitter applied a 12-hour timeout to Trump's account after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, for violating the Civic Integrity policy. |
| 2020 | Michael Pack, appointed as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, ties up $19 million in federal funds and eventually provides Ultrasurf with $249,000. |
| 2020 | Dorsey donated $15 million to 29 mayors pursuing guaranteed basic income program pilots in the United States. |
| 2020 | A review of 13 studies found tai chi had positive effects on quality of life and depressive symptoms for older adults with chronic conditions living in community settings. |
| 2020 |
Sam Harris
Supported Andrew Yang in the Democratic primaries and introduced Yang to podcaster Joe Rogan. After the election, commented on Hunter Biden's laptop and compared the potential scandals of Trump and Biden.
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| December 2020 | Tai chi was officially included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during the 15th regular session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. |
| November 2020 | Twitter began applying more flaggings to Trump's tweets following the election. |
| November 2020 |
Sam Harris
Sam Harris publicly stated that he does not identify as a member of the intellectual dark web.
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| October 2020 | Dorsey was subpoenaed by the US Senate Commerce Committee to testify about tech platform legal immunity. |
| September 2020 |
Sam Harris
Harris committed to donating at least 10% of Waking Up app's profits to highly effective charities, becoming the first company to sign the Giving What We Can pledge retrospectively from the app's launch two years earlier.
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| May 2020 | Some of President Trump's tweets received warning labels on Twitter. |
| February 29 2020 | Activist hedge fund Elliott Management attempted to oust Dorsey, but they reached an agreement with Dorsey remaining CEO. |
| January 2020 |
Sam Harris
Max Sanderson featured Harris's podcast as a 'Producer pick' in The Guardian's 'podcasts of the week' section.
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| 2019 | Falun Gong requested expansion of the Dragon Springs compound, proposing a 920-seat concert hall, new parking garage, wastewater treatment plant, and residential space to accommodate up to 500 people, which met with local opposition. |
| 2019 | Dorsey financially contributed to the campaigns of Democratic presidential candidates Tulsi Gabbard and Andrew Yang. |
| 2019 | Published 'The Emotionally Intelligent Leader' with Harvard Business Review Press, continuing his work on emotional intelligence in leadership. |
| 2019 |
Sam Harris
Harris was included in the Watkins Review's list of the '100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People 2019'.
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| 2019 |
Sam Harris
Discussed his book 'Waking Up: Searching for Spirituality Without Religion', highlighting Western potential to learn meditation traditions from Hinduism and Buddhism.
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| October 23 2019 | Twitter's stock price fell by nearly 21 percent after Dorsey announced a ban on all political advertising. |
| August 30 2019 | Dorsey's personal Twitter account was allegedly breached by the Chuckling Squad, who posted racist tweets. |
| June 2019 | The China Tribunal, chaired by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, concluded that Falun Gong practitioners were being killed for organ harvesting and were likely the principal source of organs. |
| 2018 |
Sam Harris
PC Magazine included Harris's podcast in their list of 'The Best Podcasts of 2018'.
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| 2018 |
Sam Harris
Sam Harris co-produced the documentary 'Islam and the Future of Tolerance' with Maajid Nawaz, which was distributed by The Orchard in the United States.
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| 2018 |
Sam Harris
Criticized Donald Trump for lying, stating that Trump 'has assaulted truth more than anyone in human history'.
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