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Identity
Is religion defined more by beliefs or practices?
This carriage maker didn’t get wiped out by the automobile. Instead, it became one of the most successful car businesses in European history.
Throwing away the narratives that pull us down and make us unhappy.
Labels help your brain make sense of a complex world, but when self-attached, those same labels can convince you that you're unable to grow.
The psychologist, educator, and former NBA player discusses the professional volumes and childhood stories that shaped his life and his approach to it.
"We are racing towards a new era in which we outsource cognitive abilities that are central to our identity as thinking beings," writes computer scientist Louis Rosenberg.
English could settle into a state of "diglossia" where a gulf exists between the written form and its spoken varieties, but the two are bound into a single tongue.
If “founder mode” runs its course, CEOs should cultivate a new skillset rooted in the authenticity of self-awareness.
"We’re acting more like fans of a football team going to a game than a banker carefully choosing investments."
The challenges of setting out in a new direction can be overwhelming — but we can learn to navigate the inflection moments.
The Uros of Lake Titicaca live on floating islands made from reeds. How did they get there?
For better teamwork, take a lesson from research into soccer fans who put aside their tribalism.
The pursuit of excellence is a noble goal — but constantly having to prove your self-worth can derail your plans for success.
Is immortality a tantalizing possibility or a philosophical paradox?
Six hundred years in the history of trousers.
From the laying out of the body plan to the organization and functioning of our nervous system, cells rule gene expression and make us who and what we are.
A primer on Judith Butler’s theory of gender and performativity.
You become the main protagonist in these novels.
Over the past two decades, the proportion of those who identify as bisexual increased from 1.2% to 4.5%.
To advance the gender-affirming healthcare of all those who transition, we must also understand the nature and causes of those who detransition.
If you think you know what sex, gender, and "the right thing to do" for trans youth and adults are, be sure it agrees with actual science.
The existential philosopher argued that an authentic and meaningful life is measured by choice.
How humans came to feel comfortable among strangers, like those in a café, is an under-explored mystery.
John Templeton Foundation
From consciousness to nothingness and beyond, these questions still baffle the brightest minds. Will they ever be solved?
The old linear job model is obsolete. Our post-pandemic work lives are defined by options and flexibility.
There are three barriers we need to overcome to have better, more productive arguments.
Everyone loves a good underdog story, but the lessons we derive from them depend on how they’re told.
Paradoxically, some do it for erotic reasons.
For many people, a challenge to their worldview feels like an attack on their personal identity.
Looking at ourselves in a mirror — or on a video call — shapes our sense of self. But what you see is not what others see.