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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
The Stoic philosopher argued that most of life is outside our control — but the little we do control defines who we are.
Not all knowledge carries over.
Too many rich and prominent people turn out to be egotistical jerks: Brad Stulberg argues for a more grounded path towards excellence.
Our view of the world, the Universe, and ourselves can change with just one glimpse of what's out there. It's happened many times before.
Disconnection is not a personal failure, but a systems challenge — and an opportunity for employers to strengthen our social fabric.
Reading isn’t just writing prep; together, reading and writing help writers think and generate original ideas through extended cognition.
Today, nostalgia is somewhat kitsch. Back then, it was something to be feared.
Tara Narula shares how journalist Richard Cohen challenged conventional ideas about illness, identity, and strength while living with MS.
Three virtues every good leader must develop.
People don't want you to buy their stories — they want you to listen to them.
A tour of the literary cover-ups, extraterrestrials, and cryptids lurking in the bookish backwoods.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
It's not about particle-antiparticle pairs falling into or escaping from a black hole. A deeper explanation alters our view of reality.
The case for why AI systems are not merely "stochastic parrots."
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We tend to trust our intuitions about consciousness because they feel immediate and personal, but feeling convinced is not the same as being right. Annaka Harris explores what happens when […]
Tech leaders may have backed Trump in 2024, but the majority of the community still leans left — and has a big opportunity ahead.
AI can now generate entire worlds from text prompts. What does this mean for how we think, create, and connect?
Our algorithmic age encourages us to over-index on probabilities — but we should instead exercise our “storythinking brain” and focus on possibilities.
When objects are gravitationally bound, they cannot escape from one another's influence. How does that work within the expanding Universe?
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Stoicism has been flattened into slogans about toughness, detachment, and emotional silence, a version that’s easy to sell, but mostly wrong. Massimo Pigliucci returns Stoicism to its original purpose: a […]