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How we handle grief largely depends on our worldview. Here is how three famous philosophers handled the certainty of grief and despair.
From bondage to freedom: Baruch Spinoza’s guide to the rational life.
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“It's a remarkable series of events that were required for us to be here, and that so many things could have happened in a different way that we wouldn't be here at all, both individually, and as a species.”
In our Universe, dark matter outmasses normal matter by a 5-to-1 ratio, shaping the Universe as we know it. What if it simply weren't there?
An atheist's case for why American democracy needs a more Christlike Christianity.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
7mins
"I'd prefer to think about a different axis, which is, should government be more or less effective? Should government work faster or slower?"
It rotates on its axis, revolves around the Sun, moves throughout the Milky Way, and gets carried by our galaxy all throughout space.
Rutger Bregman's "Moral Ambition" wants us to aim our careers not at money but solving the world's biggest problems.
The long-elusive neutrino was shown to have a bizarre property no one expected: mass. New, tightest-ever limits have profound implications.
A comparison of wealth gaps in ancient empires reveals stark differences and lasting consequences.
What made Leonardo da Vinci last wasn’t magic — it was process — and his study of fluids can help us win the long game.
The Gospels aren’t historical biographies but genre-defining works that blend myth, theology, and a promise of hope.
Creative thinkers are unafraid of the ambiguous spaces where innovation often resides — and this trait is vital when navigating change.
20mins
“Even if there are beliefs that we hold that are true, if we prevent people
challenging those beliefs, we will lose our understanding of why they're true.”
Many were hoping that JWST would find the first stars of all. Despite many hopeful claims, it hasn't, and probably can't. Here's how we can.
What's the point in fighting a made up monster?
1hr 16mins
“We know that as little as 10 minutes of walking can improve your mood, getting that bubble bath with the dopamine, serotonin, endorphins going. Anybody can do that.”
Here in our Universe, time passes at a fixed rate for all observers: one second-per-second. Before the Big Bang, things were very different.
The strange, undulating sound of mathematics.