Between the hedonic and eudaimonic life, there's a happy medium to be found.
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Albert Camus was a Franco-Algerian philosopher with some great insights on the meaning of life, why you should look to this life and not the next, and why suicide is a poor choice.
Two scientists recently wagered a bottle of whiskey. The bet? Whether we'll find evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life in the next 15 years.
Life is the only physical system that actively uses information.
Meditation can put you in a wiser relationship with life.
Some of the world's most satisfied societies are poor, small, and remote.
The road to intelligent life is a series of hard steps.
"If we find just one other example of biology out there, then life is not an accident."
If there’s life lurking on the moons of Saturn and Jupiter, could our instruments even detect it?
Frozen adversity set the stage for an explosion of diversity.
The space telescope's findings challenge the notion of a galaxy brimming with life.
We don’t need to think about what life is made of but rather what it does.
"Resilience" is being able to withstand hardship; "antifragility" goes one step further.
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How did complex systems emerge from chaos? Physicist Sean Carroll explains.
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The existential philosopher argued that an authentic and meaningful life is measured by choice.
Big Think recently spoke with Nick Bostrom about how humans might find fulfillment in a post-scarcity world.
Two of the answers add a dimension to physics that doesn’t belong there. Maybe we could call it "astrotheology."
Kahneman was a world-changing psychologist — even with his lesser known ideas on life satisfaction.
Individuals and organizations can maintain a strong and enduring identity by repeatedly remaking themselves.
"It is more human to laugh at life than to lament it."
Considering the astronomical occupational risks, life insurance was prohibitively expensive for the first NASA astronauts.
Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio, rock icon Steve Albini, and comedian Fred Armisen told Kmele how they make sense of the world — and leave their mark on it.
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Harmony and moderation make for a happier life.
A few key moments are linked to significant shifts in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Stem cells from a fetus can live within the mother for decades — and help her heal.
Spend well, save well, live well.
Known as the Great Oxygenation Event, Earth froze over as oxygen accumulated in our atmosphere, nearly driving all life extinct.
Embark on a journey through one of the most profound ecological transitions in the history of complex life.