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What Nietzsche really meant: The Apollonian and Dionysian
One god stands for order, logic, and reason. The other stands for chaos, madness, and drunkenness. Nietzsche thinks you need both.
Neuroplasticity: how to use anxiety to improve your life
Anxiety can be good or bad. It turns out that it's really up to you.
How to find your own truth, according to Alan Watts and Joseph Campbell
Finding your own truth without a guiding mythical worldview.
Does workplace meditation actually work?
While the trend towards mindfulness is a pleasant idea, it might not actually be solving anything.
Mental health crisis in teens is being magnified by demise of creative subjects in school
The arts can help schools tackle the current mental health crisis among teenagers.
How Benjamin Franklin’s daily schedule can make you more productive
How do great people get so much done? If you're Ben Franklin, you lay out a detailed schedule.
Is buying experiences better than buying things? Not for everyone
Everybody is made happiest by purchasing experiences, right? A new study tells us to rethink our cliche.
These are the least stressful cities in America, a new study found
A large study evaluated stress levels across 493 cities in the United States, using nine different metrics. The analysis returned these five least stressful cities in America.
The famous last words of 10 big thinkers
While shuffling off their mortal coils, these giants of thought had some parting words.
When will I be me? Why a sense of authenticity takes its time
What does it mean to live authentically and to be your authentic self? Most importantly, how long does it take to get there?
The 10 greatest works of art in the world… and the stories behind them
What inspired the Mona Lisa, China's Terracotta Warriors, and more?
Don’t worry about feeling sad: on the benefits of a blue period
In the Western world, there's a constant pressure to be happy. Paradoxically, this makes people more prone to anxiety and depression.
Study: To boost your GPA, get some sleep
According to the study, for every extra day a student experienced sleep problems, they were 10% more likely to drop a course.
Down with the larks: on the virtues of sleeping like a sloth
People in the West are constantly encouraged to sleep less and accomplish more. But the science behind sleep deprivation shows why that's a terrible idea.
2,000-year-old Roman library discovered in Germany
A "new" Roman library has been found in Germany. What might it have had in it?
The ‘beautiful mess’ effect: other people view our vulnerability more positively than we do
Psychologists have found that, while we tend to judge our own vulnerability more harshly, we perceive vulnerability in others as courage.
To be happier, try a ‘rougher’ schedule
A new study suggests using "rough scheduling" for leisure activities to avoid making even fun feel like work.
How to tell the difference between persuasion and manipulation
Why is manipulating people morally wrong but influencing them is not? Here's the fundamental distinction between manipulation and non-manipulative influence.
10 quotes from Confucius that explain his philosophy
We all know who Confucius was, but what did he teach?
Should you stay or should you go? See if job hopping will work for you
Job hopping can be a smart career move for many employees, but only if they do it right. Here's how.
Don’t Buy into the Backlash — the Science on Meditation Is Clear
A new study contests the benefits of meditation in the workplace. We show everything that's wrong with the research.
Hippocrates, We Have a Problem: Doctors Are Burning Out at Surprisingly High Rates
Almost two-thirds of doctors in the U.S. say they're burned out, depressed, or both. What do we do when the very people charged with safeguarding our health against the effects of burnout are themselves suffering from burnout?
Stoner study: Regular marijuana use contributes to lack of motivation, foresight
There's a reason you're not motivated when you smoke weed: it ruins your episodic memory.
5 philosophers who took drugs and what they got out of it
You can name a dozen rock stars on drugs, but can you name the philosophers who partook? We're here to help.
Does going ‘open’ strengthen or compromise a relationship?
Does opening up a relationship to new sexual playmates strengthen the bond between a committed pair, or, does doing so compromise it?
Nitrates in beef jerky, hot dogs, and cured meats linked to manic episodes
A 10-year, 1,000 person study, has linked eating cured meats like beef jerky, hot dogs, and pepperoni to hospitalization for a specific mental illness: bipolar mania.
Study: Being in a bad mood can boost performance
Being grumpy can actually make you a better problem solver, as it boosts executive function. This doesn't give you free range to be a grouch.
Juice is terrible for children. Why do we keep giving it to them?
A glass of juice has as much sugar, ounce for ounce, as a full-calorie soda. And those vitamins do almost nothing.
To land a job, you’ll need confidence—and a little bit of fear
Losing your job doesn't have to mean losing your self-respect and self-image. In fact, a little moxie might go a long way.