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A brief look at the six-decade challenge to psychiatry.

Too many companies fail to recognize that “the deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated” — but the solution is easy.

The “End of Days” defines how we see time.

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

Telegrams were the “Twitter of the 1850s and 1860s” — and they elicited the exact same overblown fears as Twitter does today.

Our state of extreme social interconnectedness has rapidly accelerated the rollercoaster pace at which societal confidence may collapse.

A controversial new philosophy paper tries to bring our moral prejudices to heel. Should it?

With great power comes retcon responsibility.

“The Man in the High Castle” may be the most beloved alternate history book, but it is not the most historically accurate.

Who doesn’t love a little existential fear every once in a while?

One god stands for order, logic, and reason. The other stands for chaos, madness, and drunkenness. Nietzsche thinks you need both.

Wind farms seem less productive when scientists incorporate more realistic atmospheric models into their output predictions.

The Osbournes was MTV’s biggest show – and it almost cost Jack Osbourne his life. Here’s how his family’s reality TV fame stole his childhood, and how he’s been able to heal since.

“The Soul of a New Machine” provides a rare level of insight into the minds and decisions of humanity’s greatest thinkers.

Adrie Kusserow, an anthropologist and scholar of Buddhism, shares how her study of the religion and its history has reshaped her view of the world — and herself.

How to find the right balance between controlling teams and allowing them the agency to make mistakes — and learn from them.

The human brain is only the latest chapter in the ancient story of thinking on Earth.

Take it from Bezos, Musk, and Einstein — rethinking lines of inquiry can transform business, investing, and innovation strategy.

Four startup founders explain how to derive lessons from the past while still looking ahead to what’s possible.

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

A new online religion is spreading misinformation and phony products.

We commonly stereotype psychopaths as criminals, but there are probably more in upper management.

It’s spooky, and it’s happening all around us. And inside us.

An in-depth interview with astronomer Kelsey Johnson, whose new book, Into the Unknown, explores what remains unknown about the Universe.

The Universe isn’t as “clumpy” as we think it should be.

This map samples some of the digits that make up the DDC system, invented by the brilliant but flawed Melvil Dewey.

According to Harvard career advisor Gorick Ng, this time-saving system can help us reclaim our work-life sanity.

Eric Olson — CEO and co-founder of Consensus — takes his cues from the university of legendary coaches.

We bake pies for Pi Day, so why not celebrate other mathematical achievements.

1700s economic principles predicted Uber. A Nobel Prize-winning economist explains why.