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How black and white is your thinking?

Kelly Richmond Pope, a forensic accountant, shares a simple test that puts your ethics under the spotlight.

Kahneman was a world-changing psychologist — even with his lesser known ideas on life satisfaction.

In the fight between head and heart, psychologists will win.

There’s little more infuriating in the world than being told to “calm down” when you’re in the midst of a simmering grump.

Ways to move forward when you’re wrong and I’m right.

The road from Kant to modern cognitive psychology has taught us much about our mental filtering systems.

In the 18th century, David Hume argued that we are only motivated to do good when our passions direct us to do so. Was he right?

Could AI develop true intelligence without sentience? Philosopher Jonathan Birch explores the boundaries of artificial and evolved minds.

When stuffed and staring down the last bite, you might hear your mother’s voice in your mind.

Will “Sausage Party” survive the test of time?

Self-help often distills philosophical ideas for the modern ear. Sometimes, its better to go back to the source.

Discover the ancient wisdom of not pushing the river.

A proponent of panpsychism argues moral truth is inherent in consciousness.

Are people are more likely to act less emotionally and more rationally when speaking their second language?

There’s nothing like the end of the world to make you a philosopher.

Meet the ‘brain coach’ who has found a way to flip negative thoughts and actions and use them for good We’re all assigned a label at some point in our […]

Are fava beans and chianti really the best pairing for human liver?

Unraveling the subtle mechanics of luck can help us better steer the wheel of fortune.

How Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky cracked open behavioral economics and enlightened all our choices.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Startup success can often hinge on a key lesson derived from behavioral science … and Jerry Seinfeld’s “Night Guy vs. Morning Guy” routine.

“Rational vaccinology” could lead to effective cancer vaccines.

The deep-thinking oddballs of West Coast cycle racing valued mid-ride marijuana over sports science.

The philosophy of sex is going through a recalibration period.

The challenges of setting out in a new direction can be overwhelming — but we can learn to navigate the inflection moments.

We need a hypothesis that accounts for both the fine-tuning of physics for life but also the arbitrariness and gratuitous suffering we find in the world.

“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”

“The brain is never the same from one moment to the next throughout life. Never ever.”

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.