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We all want to flourish. Whatever it means, however we each uniquely define it, our desire to flourish is the primary driving force in each of our lives. But what does that mean? And how do we do it? Lots of people–poets, mystics, theologians, philosophers–have attempted to describe what constitutes flourishing. But we don’t really understand what they are talking about. We believe if we did understand their guidance, we could flourish more. Previous teachings, however, typically lacked access to recent developments in neural and cognitive sciences (natural intelligence) and also machine learning and computer science (artificial intelligence). We therefore describe what we think flourishing means, and how to achieve it, using modern insights from intelligence sciences. Our goal is to describe the path to increased flourishing using concepts that anyone can understand. Our belief is that a deeper understanding of these concepts will facilitate greater collective flourishing. Recommended background courses: Basic Probability and Statistics.