That Nietzsche quote might not mean what you think it does.
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Stoicism is popular today but often misunderstood and misapplied. In fact, a naive interpretation of Stoicism is damaging to your well-being.
“I thought strangers knew who I was and were whispering about me as I walked by.”
Dating apps have made it easier than ever to find a partner. Paradoxically, the ease of finding matches means some remain perpetually single.
“Conceptual isolation” offers an agreeable solution.
Intellectual humility demands that we examine our motivations for holding certain beliefs.
Once a cosmopolitan faith, Islam valued intellectualism and modernity. It was derailed by various geopolitical and religious forces.
Intentions tend to get mangled by overreach in every complex organization — so dial up the charisma and the clarity.
Survey data suggests that our bodily perceptions of love extend far beyond the heart.
In an attempt to prove Christianity inferior to communism, a Soviet scientist hoped to play God.
Why, exactly, should you die for your child?
Emotion dysregulation has been linked to unhealthy risk-taking, relationship challenges, and negative physical health outcomes.
Great writing can unveil the criminal psyche better than any other artistic medium.
We should acknowledge that there are faith-based myths running deep in science’s canon.
The secret may lie in an old idiom: “Sleep on it.”
One god stands for order, logic, and reason. The other stands for chaos, madness, and drunkenness. Nietzsche thinks you need both.
Acting “little and often” has huge consequences and they’re not always good — but awareness yields solutions.
Within the “Dark Triad” of personality traits, narcissism exists on a confidence spectrum.
Millions of people have had a near-death experience, and it often leads them to believe in an afterlife. Does this count as good proof?
We could even benefit from more whataboutisms — if they’re used properly.
Sex, it turns out, isn’t as easy or simple as popular culture might lead us to believe.
Surely they can’t be worse…can they?
His plan to replace it with homegrown rice did not go well.
Though ultimately incorrect, the ancient Greek philosophers blazed a conceptual trail for humankind to understand the nature of reality.
Is Eliezer Yudkowsky the same false prophet that Paul Ehrlich was?
Social media has made yelling past each other all the easier.
It might seem petty and shallow to get upset over a bad gift, but there’s often a deeper reason behind the feeling.
We tend to assume our view of the world is objective and accurate rather than subjective and biased — which is what it really is.
About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]