Adopting a healthy scepticism towards inherited ideas means “emptying the container of the Self.”
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Talent wants to be free — but a safe company culture puts “the maze in the mouse” and shackles progress.
We may be the last generation born not knowing if we are alone in the Universe.
Biology plays an important role in emotional reactions, but neuroscientist Kristen A. Lindquist posits that our culture is just as influential.
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As improving biotech offers us longevity, we can prepare to live much better as we age.
The Spanish language has the ability to minimize and exaggerate by the simple addition of a suffix.
BMW found it’s possible to remote-drive vehicles using available technology. All it takes is some software updates and a cellular network connection.
I think, therefore I am (rich).
Telegrams were the “Twitter of the 1850s and 1860s” — and they elicited the exact same overblown fears as Twitter does today.
Financial setbacks are more common than you might think.
The carnival spirit was in full swing when the priests got wasted and made indecent gestures while dressed like pimps.
A new study concludes that eating more carbohydrates reduces a person’s risk of major depressive disorder.
The anxieties underpinning the Great Resignation were simmering for a long time. Here’s a solution.
You’ve spent almost a decade gaining extremely specialized skills. But that’s ok; your value is greater than you realize.
The U.S. economy is creating thousands of new jobs each month–and overwhelmingly, most of them go to people with education beyond high school.
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Only talk about the weather?
Mindfulness may be especially useful for gaining more control of your impulses to spend.
Every successful leader can mine golden knowledge from the works of the Bard.
When we are more focused on the good things we enjoy in life, we have more to live for.
Step one, start with a trial separation.
Neuroscience is beginning to provide clues about the emergence of human consciousness.
The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this share.
Seek pleasure and avoid pain. Why make it more complicated?
“Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed,” advised Stoic philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius. He had a point.
Personal finance advice is often over-simplified and fails to consider economic research or people’s unique circumstances.
If you see life as only a source of suffering and misery, why bring anyone else into that? This belief, called anti-natalism, is on the rise.
We were not born to stagnate — the point of life (and work) is to go somewhere.
The creative force behind The Vampire Diaries explains how she learned to deal with her insecurities.
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Ways to move forward when you’re wrong and I’m right.
Engineer James Clarke liberated John, Paul, George, and Ringo from their mono and stereo straitjackets using algorithms at Abbey Road.