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An old fight between philosophy and science has flared up again. Fortunately we have Rebecca Newberger Goldstein to help us sort out what’s going.
The Valentine’s holiday is fast approaching. There’s technology to help.
I can see it in your eyes. I can see it in your smile.
Ontological design is way cool.
It’s been 60 years since Rosa Parks stood up for equality on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus. What would she have to say today?
And why you shouldn’t even be asking a question like that. “If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.” –John F. […]
Studies say we need friends in order to be happier, healthier, and to live longer — but in this case, is less more?
If all the rational arguments argue against American gun culture, then the irrational (sometimes creepy) ones must be to blame for our fatal firearms attraction.
Like many things in America, death is a business. And we’re not doing it well.
In her visual album, Beyonce tells a personal story which she shares with many black women. Lemonade takes us on a journey from past to future.
Propaganda is nothing new — it’s as old as politics itself — but adding the connective power of the Internet to the equation reveals an entirely new level of media that ISIS is all too happy to exploit.
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Even when everything sucks, you can still feel thankful.
Determining what defines a happy life is more difficult today than it was for previous generations. Designer Ayse Birsel demonstrates how a shift in perspective can help bridge this newfound difficulty.
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Can history offer us clues on happiness? Yes, argues Yuval Noah Harari, if we’re willing to listen.
Is Amanda Palmer (who turns 40 today!), queen of pop-up concerts, kickstarter, and social media, the prototypical artist of the future?
Many who make New Year’s resolutions of the “less vice, more virtue” variety might benefit from some background on the history and logic of certain skills that flourishing depends on.
The Pro Football Hall of Famer knows a lot about suppressing the defeatist attitudes that keep you from enjoying your accomplishments.
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Words like “comforting” and “reassuring” don’t seem sufficiently “sexy” praise for a literary work on this scale, but these are the only words to describe its effect (on this reader, at least).
Don’t believe everything you read on the internet, even if “science” is in the title. “Youth always tries to fill the void, an old man learns to live with it.” –Mark Z. […]
Robert Dear’s murders at a Planned Parenthood are only the latest in a long string of terrorist attacks by Americans.
France is welcoming Syrian refugees, but the U.S. is frightened. Have we forgotten who we are and how we got here?
Those who work for nonprofits and NGOs can avoid mental exhaustion by realizing they’re not Superman.
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Drone owners have some new regulations this holiday season.
Let’s first cut carbon emissions that don’t make positive returns on human happiness.
With the greatest hair and mustache style of all time. “I have signs in my kitchen to remind me not to eat breakfast and that my job is always. Most […]
Most of us are reasonable, thoughtful people. Why can’t we stop texting, emailing, and posting status updates while driving?
We often conflate the words ‘compassion’ and ’empathy’ but they have different meanings for a very important reason.
Experimentation-out-of-love is often inefficient and hard to measure. It isn’t always “solution-oriented.” But it’s as necessary and natural to us as breathing, and all too easily swept under the rug.
Turns out parents just don’t understand.