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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
"In order to seek truth," Rene Descartes once wrote, "it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, all things."
You can learn a lot about life through literature's most unrespectable and heinous characters.
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Aimless wandering is essential for understanding yourself. Here’s why.
Let us share this miracle with mothers in poor countries.
Man does not live by measurement alone.
John Templeton Foundation
The Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.
We know that everything changes, but we long for something more permanent.
De-urbanized lifestyles can be aligned with basic Taoist principles — and remote workers are starting to feel the connection.
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Science has opened so many doors to humanity’s understanding of the world. Scientism shuts them. Here’s how to tell the difference.
"The Man in the High Castle" may be the most beloved alternate history book, but it is not the most historically accurate.
We have become the greatest threat to ourselves and to life on this planet. We need a set of agreed-upon safeguards to preserve our future.
In "The History of Western Philosophy," Bertrand Russell made it clear whose thinking he admired — and whose thinking he didn't.
Forgetting and misremembering are the building blocks of creativity and imagination.
His greatest speeches were loaded with empathy.
These composers channeled the horror of the Holocaust and Hiroshima while honoring those who lived through it.
As a physician, John Pringle helped reinvent hygiene; as a husband, he destroyed a woman’s life with his abuse.
As the stream of AI-generated art turns into a deluge, NFTs could become a cornerstone of the Virtual Renaissance.
Rapamycin is potentially the most powerful anti-aging drug ever discovered. However, due to its unlucky history, few know of it.
Thinking about the problem of meaning is unsettling because it introduces us to a list of solutions that all feel a bit insane.
John Templeton Foundation
I think, therefore I am (rich).