Link Round-Up: Great Videos and Essays

I don’t have a lot to add to these, but they’re all worth mentioning. Your brain will expand by 3.4% if you consume the following essays and videos:

• Malcolm Gladwell on genius (thanks to James).
• Po Bronson on how not to praise your children. This one’s old, but I hadn’t read it.
• Alex Samuel offers five ways to shape the soul of the internet.
• Anthony Clare’s seven steps to happiness.
• Will Wright offers the most complete demonstration I’ve seen of his extraordinary new game Spore (thanks to Boris).