For better or for worse, luck can sweep in from nowhere and alter our lives.
I Was Homeschooled for Eight Years: Here’s What I Recommend
Learning at home is quite different from learning at school.
Learning at home is quite different from learning at school.
How Dystopian Narratives Can Incite Real-World Radicalism
Dystopian fiction, moreover, is likely to be especially powerful because it is inherently political.
Dystopian fiction, moreover, is likely to be especially powerful because it is inherently political.
How Chasing Solar Eclipses Opened Me up to the Awe of Living
I know what is to happen – a perfect alignment of Sun, Moon, Earth. And me.
I know what is to happen – a perfect alignment of Sun, Moon, Earth. And me.
For the Full Life Experience, Put Down All Devices and Walk
We forego the art of walking.
We forego the art of walking.
Don’t Take Life So Seriously: Montaigne’s Lessons on the Inner Life
Sadly, my dad didn’t see his own soul this way and, after falling into a depression of his own, he took his own life.
Sadly, my dad didn’t see his own soul this way and, after falling into a depression of his own, he took his own life.
Dating on the Rebound – When Looking for Love Can Be a Lifesaver
People need time to heal their wounds and to figure out who they are as independent, single individuals so that they can have a clean slate for their next relationship and not repeat their mistakes.
People need time to heal their wounds and to figure out who they are as independent, single individuals so that they can have a clean slate for their next relationship and not repeat their mistakes.
The Happy Emotions Are Not Necessarily What They Appear
‘Happiness’ is an unstable historical concept, a false friend in historical sources.
By Rob Boddice ‘Be happy!’ Mary Wollstonecraft exhorted her estranged lover and tormentor, Gilbert Imlay, in late 1795. What did she mean? It had been only days since she had been fished from the Thames, having failed in a bid to drown herself. Scorned, shamed and diminished in her view of herself in the world,…
Would You Rather Have a Fish or Know How to Fish?
A good attitude towards knowledge shines through various character traits -- our epistemic virtues -- that put us in a healthy relationship with it.
A good attitude towards knowledge shines through various character traits — our epistemic virtues — that put us in a healthy relationship with it.
Ancient Animistic Beliefs Live on in Our Intimacy With Tech
Our new animism – animism 2.0 – might be quite helpful in keeping the social emotions and skills healthy enough for real human bonding, perspective-taking and empathy.
Our new animism – animism 2.0 – might be quite helpful in keeping the social emotions and skills healthy enough for real human bonding, perspective-taking and empathy.
The Evidence for Evidence-Based Therapy Is Not as Clear as We Thought
When it comes to comparing psychotherapies, therapists could do worse than to channel every philosophy undergrad: when someone purports one therapy works better than another, wonder aloud: ‘How do we know?’
When it comes to comparing psychotherapies, therapists could do worse than to channel every philosophy undergrad: when someone purports one therapy works better than another, wonder aloud: ‘How do we know?’
Find Something Morally Sickening? Take a Ginger Pill
Until recently, no research study had been able to figure out if the disgust felt upon encountering a morally troubling situation is what makes us decide that the situation is wrong.
Until recently, no research study had been able to figure out if the disgust felt upon encountering a morally troubling situation is what makes us decide that the situation is wrong.
The ‘Organic Child’ Ideal Holds Mothers to an Impossible Standard
Mothers dream of providing only the best quality food for their children, but the barriers to doing so make it an insurmountable challenge for many American moms.
Mothers dream of providing only the best quality food for their children, but the barriers to doing so make it an insurmountable challenge for many American moms.
A Woman Philosopher Calls out Misogyny in the 17th Century
And Mary Astell didn't stop there. Through her work, she began to unpack the exact root of inequality baked into our traditions -- our bad custom.
And Mary Astell didn’t stop there. Through her work, she began to unpack the exact root of inequality baked into our traditions — our bad custom.
How to Optimise Your Headspace on a Mission to Mars
In space for months or years, with nowhere to go to escape issues, survival is as much mental as it is physical.
In space for months or years, with nowhere to go to escape issues, survival is as much mental as it is physical.
What Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy Can Offer in the Anthropocene
There’s something predictable in our current pandemics, from addiction to belief in pseudoscientific theories, for in Frankl’s analysis, ‘An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behaviour.’
There’s something predictable in our current pandemics, from addiction to belief in pseudoscientific theories, for in Frankl’s analysis, ‘An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behaviour.’