culture

Transport yourself to other worlds and states of mind.

How did psychedelics and computers converge?

Saudade: the untranslatable Portuguese word that names the presence of absence and takes melancholy delight in what’s gone.

Hawking, who died in March, answers questions like “Is there a God?” and “Is time travel possible?” in his final book, which is available today.

Drinking home alone in your underwear just might be what you need to be as relaxed as the Finnish.

The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to two people, one a doctor and one a survivor of ISIS captivity, for their work in raising international awareness about wartime sexual violence.

Researchers at the Rotman School of Management discovered that past victories rarely translate into new environments.

Some things in life just can’t be explained. And that’s okay.

Bret Weinstein says that we’re at the end of a massive technological and geographic boom, and that we should prepare for the next step in our societal evolution. Yet the future may not be optimistic for all. A cultural backlash to change, he says, is inevitable.

History is littered with thousands of things that tried to appeal to everyone and yet failed miserably. If you want true success, try to appeal to a core group.

What made the Golden Age of Greece, and Western Civilization, possible? One author says “free trade”. 

“Shut up and take my money” isn’t just a meme anymore, it’s the way people are increasingly choosing to access art, news, and culture.

Go fearlessly into the Internet, but not blindly, says Virginia Heffernan – each corner of digital culture has its best practices. Not learning them is a disrespect.

The United States of America is as divided now as it has ever been. Why is this? One author suggests that it is because we have never been one united nation, but 11 differing ones. Founded for different reasons and striving towards conflicting goals, can they ever learn to get along again?

Slavoj Žižek examines the situation out of which refugees are created, and criticizes conservatives and liberals alike for their “conspiracy theories”.

Recent research in psychology reveals insights into how the stories we are exposed to affect our identities and ideas. What implications does this hold for the influence of the news and the ethics of journalism?

In Japan, kawaii, the love of cuteness, is both culture and science, and it’s taking over the world.