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For the clarity of a “beginner’s mind” and a path to true and lasting wisdom, one must fully embrace “not-knowing.”
Diogenes engaged in shocking behavior to demonstrate the contradictions, small-mindedness, and sheer absurdity of prevailing social conventions.
Our brains are hardwired to find fault. The best managers don’t let this steer how they interact with their team.
Evolutionary pressures drove the formation of tribes who encoded their values in myths and symbols. Was this cooperation cursed?
If we took the values and principles of cooperation to the next level, we could effectively tackle many crises.
From forgotten Hollywood movies to Frank Herbert’s “Dune,” science fiction illustrates some of our deepest fears about technology.
A philosophy of birth can offset the prevailing narrative around extinction and mortality.
Emotion dysregulation has been linked to unhealthy risk-taking, relationship challenges, and negative physical health outcomes.
Science fiction movies capture a classic human flaw: getting the future mostly wrong.
Within a month of that initial conversation, Peter Singer became a vegetarian.
Soviet censorship was thorough yet fallible.
Cyberattacks are growing in number and sophistication.
There may be a symmetrical interdependence between order and chaos.
500 sheep were slaughtered to produce the 2,060 pages of the “Codex Amiatinus,” a Latin translation of the Bible.
Take a hint from Einstein and Mozart — unplug and make peace with some degree of failure.
Intelligence is not fixed but fluid. A growth mindset allows our brains to flourish while lowering our stress levels.
You can learn a lot about life through literature’s most unrespectable and heinous characters.
“The Man in the High Castle” may be the most beloved alternate history book, but it is not the most historically accurate.
The pandemic and the Great Resignation fed into a perfect storm of inflation — and some restaurateurs cleaned up.
Forgetting and misremembering are the building blocks of creativity and imagination.
His greatest speeches were loaded with empathy.
Glimpse into the ancient Maya empire through the writing of its own inhabitants.
As a physician, John Pringle helped reinvent hygiene; as a husband, he destroyed a woman’s life with his abuse.
In the spirit of the 1969 moon landing, we now have a golden opportunity to pursue “nondisruptive” creative solutions.
Reading classic books can inform you as much about the present as the past.
The deep-thinking oddballs of West Coast cycle racing valued mid-ride marijuana over sports science.
Piano Sonata No. 23 offers a window into the way culture became an instrument of Soviet state policy.
Not every classic enjoyed rave reviews from the start.
The future of healthcare may bring powerful collaborations between AI and medical professionals.
As AI evolves — and more robotic warfare systems are deployed — the nature of conflict could change beyond recognition.