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Social Cohesion
In this excerpt from Flourish, Daniel Coyle shares how stillness, presence, and attention help people build meaningful connections.
Governance scholar and University of Pittsburgh professor Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, Ph.D. on the forces that decide whether conflicted nations unify or unravel.
John Templeton Foundation
Getting drunk might be bad for you but good for us.
Social entrepreneur Aaron Hurst explains why the decline of social connection is the greatest challenge of our time — and offers a roadmap for restoration.
This is my country and this is what we stand for. At least for now.
An atheist's case for why American democracy needs a more Christlike Christianity.
Do we really need to be religious to run a society well?
Sound may be an overlooked tool for boosting well-being.
Esperanto was intended to be an easy-to-learn second language that enabled you to speak with anyone on the planet.
Quality down time is important for relationships. Here are three practical suggestions to create more of it.
De-urbanized lifestyles can be aligned with basic Taoist principles — and remote workers are starting to feel the connection.
How humans came to feel comfortable among strangers, like those in a café, is an under-explored mystery.
John Templeton Foundation
It’s a lot easier to point out things that are gezellig (adjective) than it is to define gezelligheid (noun) itself.
There are three barriers we need to overcome to have better, more productive arguments.
Science will lead us to a universal morality and a cosmic religion.
Cooperation was the first technology.
Americans are more willing to put the greater good above their own interests today than in the 1950s.
Be famous within five miles.
Can a shared language promote peace? Some people think so.
Murmurations have no leader and follow no plan.
The number of people with whom we interact is highest around 40, but then things change substantially after that.