To Fred Hoyle, the Big Bang was nothing more than a creationist myth. 75 years later, it's cemented as the beginning of our Universe.
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Autocrats like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin fear democracy, yet go to great lengths to present themselves as democratic leaders.
“The Tao of the wise is to work without effort.”
Omer Bartov, who spent decades studying the unspeakable horrors of genocide, shares how his studies have impacted his own mental health.
A primer on Judith Butler’s theory of gender and performativity.
Once a cosmopolitan faith, Islam valued intellectualism and modernity. It was derailed by various geopolitical and religious forces.
In our competitive world, fortune does not appear to favor the humble — but a strong counter-narrative is emerging.
"In order to seek truth," Rene Descartes once wrote, "it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, all things."
This list of leadership training topics is designed to help businesses navigate the times and prepare for the future.
Actor and science communicator Alan Alda shares his three rules of three for effective and empathic communication.
The fruits of long-term thinking will reveal themselves in five or ten or 30 years, when you’ve created the future you’ve always wanted.
We thought the Big Bang started it all. Then we realized that something else came before, and it erased everything that existed prior.
“Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself — and there isn’t one.”
Instead of walking a mile in someone’s shoes, try reading a chapter in their book.
When a whoopsie-daisy just won’t cut it.
Inflection points veer life in unexpected directions. While unnerving, they provide opportunities for those who can navigate them.
The modern attention economy hijacks our ability to focus, but an ancient technique offers a means to get it back.
Non-Western thought is vast and ancient, so why don't some consider it philosophy?
“We suffer more often in the imagination than in reality.”
Stoicism is a big deal right now, but it has some major flaws. Here's why you might want to hold off on becoming a Stoic.
Everyone loves a good underdog story, but the lessons we derive from them depend on how they’re told.
Evil is easy to identify and fight against; not so with stupidity.
Spend well, save well, live well.
Research consistently points to a set of leadership skills that are high-impact, difficult to develop, and not easily replicated by technology.
The multi-leveled constructions of metaphysics are the collective workings of a fantastical virtuality. Did you get that?
A thesaurus isn’t to find big and fancy words, but a resource to help you find your rhythm.
Research suggests that employees with criminal records are far less likely to quit their jobs, perhaps due to a greater sense of loyalty.
From honing the art of perception to checking cognitive biases, here are a few techniques employees can learn in critical thinking training.
For such a near-universal concept, the definition of "heroism" is difficult to pin down.