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Nathan Hill rebrands placebos in his novel “Wellness”
Dec 6, 2024
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Bad is stronger than good
Positive emotions don’t drive the plot. Negative ones do.
Nov 29, 2024
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#108: Humanism and the conversation of the ages (feat. Sarah Bakewell)
The latest book from the author of At The Existentialist Café surveys seven hundred years of humanist thought.
Nov 14, 2023
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In the Land of Happiness
Bhutan has its own national theory of happiness. How cool is that?
Oct 27, 2023
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Cody Kommers
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The Man Behind the Machine
A review of Benjamín Labatut's historical novel of ideas, The Maniac.
Oct 23, 2023
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What if science moved faster, not slower?
A lot of researchers think the academic system requires them to work too quickly. Maybe they have it backwards.
Oct 20, 2023
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Wait! I think Michael Lewis is right.
An author should be judged on whether they deliver on their promise. Contrary to what everyone else claims, Lewis did what he said he would.
Oct 16, 2023
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Great, AI can write essays. Can we stop asking students to do useless writing assignments?
We were never that good at teaching the fundamentals of writing to begin with. This is an opportunity to rethink them.
Oct 13, 2023
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