The corporate unicorn was yesterday — now we should consider the wisdom of black and white stripes.
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In “The Secret Life of Secrets”, Michael Slepian explores how holding secrets affects our relationships, psychology, and well-being.
After 70 years, “The Power of Positive Thinking” remains incredibly popular, even though its critics find the book to be mostly fluff.
Literature’s first utopia shows how far we’ve come.
Skepticism is appropriate when gazing into the futurist’s crystal ball.
Polarization or misunderstanding?
When does “oversharing” become an issue?
Bob Dylan gave us the paradoxical gem “there’s no success like failure, and failure’s no success at all.” He had a point.
Irene is on a bus with her young kids when two men come on, cussing like sailors. Should Irene step in and say something?
Ideas often taken for granted in the United States and Europe about what it means to be a person are, quite simply, not shared with other cultures.
Happiness is not a five-star holiday. It’s often the result of struggle — and asking for help, as author Stephanie Harrison recently told Big Think.
More than 20% Americans live in a state with access to a medically assisted death.
We all know assholes. Perhaps, you are one. Now, psychologists are trying to answer one of life’s biggest mysteries: What, exactly, makes someone an asshole?
In “The History of Western Philosophy,” Bertrand Russell made it clear whose thinking he admired — and whose thinking he didn’t.
It’s possible to measure philosophy’s progress in two ways. But is that really the point?
Is hope more realistic than despair? Aquinas thinks so.
One form of domestic abuse involves a parent breaking their child’s connection with the other parent.
Chimpanzees are able to consider the context of social interactions and can accept unfavorable outcomes — sometimes.
The attitude we take to Will Smith’s slap will mirror our attitudes to violence, masculinity, and protecting others more generally.
Every organization has a power block of dutiful but unappreciated talent. Here’s an effective plan for engagement.
These core teachings make an ideal starting point for exploring Buddhist philosophy.
The “attention economy” corrupts science.
When we fail to help in a bad situation, we are morally responsible. So, why don’t we pick up others’ litter?
Our minds seem both physical and intangible. That paradox has gripped this neuroscientist since childhood.
A philosopher unpacks the paradox in using the word “evil.”
A battle between different kinds of love.
Is it deliberate fraud or just bad research?
The A.I. system could improve the lives of commercially raised pigs.