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Health Care 95% M Peace 94% M The economy 93% M Inflation 92% M Money 92% M Family 92% M Food Safety 91% M Sleep 90% M Free speech 90% M Food 90% M Government spending 88% M United States Constitution 87% M Democracy 87% M Due Process 86% M Local news 86% M
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MrBeast 91% NM Celebrity 88% NM Taylor Swift 87% NM Dating 87% NM Diet Coke 85% NM Tom Hanks 84% NM The Beatles 83% NM Star Wars 82% NM Ultimate Fighting Championship 81% NM Major League Soccer 77% NM Extraterrestrial life 75% NM UFOs 74% NM Starbucks 73% NM Sneakers 73% NM Popular Culture 73% NM
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Palestine 50/50 Birthday 49/51 The arts 51/49 True Crime 51/49 Movies 49/51 Chocolate 48/52 Sports 52/48 Social Media 47/53 Israel 54/46 Ukraine 54/46 Epstein files 54/46 LGBTQ Rights 46/54 Gardening 54/46 Hantavirus 46/54 Comedy 54/46
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Physical health
PHYSICAL HEALTH
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Brian says physical health "really matters to me in a much more acute way than before since my cardiac arrest...exercise, what we put into our bodies, and how we treat ourselves all have an effect on our whole health."

4mo

Does PHYSICAL HEALTH matter to you?

Financial Regulation
FINANCIAL REGULATION
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Allen Spence says financial regulation "matters a lot" because "transparency is what a lot of people want in the financial markets" and everyone deserves "a fair shake."

9mo

Does FINANCIAL REGULATION matter to you?

Goal setting
GOAL SETTING
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DJ values goal setting only if the goals are authentic: "As long as they're your goals, when you understand whose goals there are, cool you're doing because everybody setting the goals, it doesn't matter."

1y

Does GOAL SETTING matter to you?

Kat
Kat
Self-confidence
SELF-CONFIDENCE
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Kat says confidence matters: "If you believe in yourself, people believe in you. If you respect yourself, people respect you. For that reason, confidence is really important."

9mo

Does SELF-CONFIDENCE matter to you?

Cat
CAT
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Heather Johnson says cats matter: "Dogs and cats matter. I have sucker tattooed on my forehead apparently...I gotta feed 'em again."

10mo

Does CAT matter to you?

Divorce
DIVORCE
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Dusan knows firsthand that Divorce matters — it "can change your life drastically," affecting not just you but your child and everyone around you.

2mo

Does DIVORCE matter to you?

Performing Arts
PERFORMING ARTS
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Tressa says Performing arts matters because "there is nothing like" live performance — "every performance is unique" and "that moment can't be recreated," making it a singular shared human experience.

2mo

Does PERFORMING ARTS matter to you?

Mental Health
MENTAL HEALTH
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Maria says mental health matters: "if you are mindful of what's going on mentally and emotionally, you're able to be more productive at the end of the day."

12mo

Does MENTAL HEALTH matter to you?

Family
FAMILY
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Geraldo calls Family "the reason for being on earth," emphasizing relationships and nurturing, just as his own parents nurtured him.

7h

Does FAMILY matter to you?

Book
BOOK
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Jennifer jokes, "Burn 'em, so then they matter." She adds, "It's always important, the structure of civilization."

9mo

Does BOOK matter to you?

Artificial Intelligence
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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Angela Fuller says artificial intelligence matters: "It's a great tool... it helps make jobs easier," but warns "it also gets a lot of stuff wrong."

4mo

Does ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE matter to you?

Sports
SPORTS
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Greg says Sport "matters to me personally" and in his work — it's "an outlet for these youth who are behind barbed wires" and soccer is especially significant in Central America.

3mo

Does SPORTS matter to you?

Performance
PERFORMANCE
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Performance matters to Jennifer because live arts like dance, music, and theater 'have the power to keep humanity connected' despite digital convenience.

10mo

Does PERFORMANCE matter to you?

Stanley Cup Playoffs
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
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Tressa says Stanley Cup playoffs matter — as a lifelong Pittsburgh fan, "sports, yeah, they're huge" to her, and she values how hockey reveals "great respect" and sportsmanship beyond the rivalries fans typically see.

2mo

Does STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS matter to you?

Newspaper
NEWSPAPER
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Heather says Newspaper matters, recalling they were "a big part of my household." She notes they don't have to be printed, valuing the information they carry in any format.

1mo

Does NEWSPAPER matter to you?

Politics
POLITICS
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Andrea says politics does not matter: "My thoughts...should not be a reflection on how somebody else's world should be," especially "in front of your children."

5mo

Does POLITICS matter to you?

Air guitar
AIR GUITAR
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Shoshana says air guitar matters to her because she loved it in her punk rocker days and even has photos playing on a broomstick.

1y

Does AIR GUITAR matter to you?

Social Media
SOCIAL MEDIA
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Alex Ranahan calls social media "an extension of ourselves... an opportunity to connect... as long as we remember it is to be used as a social tool as opposed to a social replacement."

4mo

Does SOCIAL MEDIA matter to you?

Art
ART
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Kate Torode says art "absolutely matters" as "the way that we as a society express ourselves" and "a reflection of who we are as people and as a society."

9mo

Does ART matter to you?

Celebrity
CELEBRITY
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David Murrin says celebrities don't matter: "Most...sought recognition without great achievement...their opinions are without substance, without insight...they're actually potentially very destructive."

7mo

Does CELEBRITY matter to you?

Chris Singel
Chris Singel
Climate Change
CLIMATE CHANGE
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We can make a beautiful future where we all live together, but if there’s no safe place to live, then what was the point?

4mo

Does CLIMATE CHANGE matter to you?

Mood (psychology)
MOOD (PSYCHOLOGY)
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Renas Raza says mood matters: "We should listen to our mood and we should not ignore it just because we feel like we need to please the person in front of us. So listen to your mood, respect your own gut feeling, your emotions, and go about your day in that way because you are the one that's gonna go home later and rethink what you just said or did, or how your mood was."

10mo

Does MOOD (PSYCHOLOGY) matter to you?

Vacation
VACATION
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Marc Foreman says vacation does not matter: "I don't like holidays. I never have. I enjoy the people I'm with. I can be with them at home...I've always been a homebody. I'm very boring."

9mo

Does VACATION matter to you?

Laughter
LAUGHTER
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Cathy says laughter "matters because it's our defense mechanism against stress" and "it's the built-in mechanism...we just start laughing because it's a release."

4mo

Does LAUGHTER matter to you?