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Oshan JarowVox |
The idea that language is a clumsy, imperfect tool for capturing the depth and richness of our experiences is ancient. For centuries, a steady stream...
The 40-hour workweek in the US will turn 84 this June, making it older than most human beings alive today. But unlike humans, who are always changing...
In 2020, it looked as though the war on drugs would begin to end in Oregon. After Measure 110 was passed that year, Oregon became the first state in...
While running a microfinance company working across rural India in 2014, neuroscientist Tara Thiagarajan had a free Sunday, a portable EEG headset,...
Not everything that affects a psychedelic experience can be controlled in clinical trials. Psychedelic researchers are paying more and more attention...
After a confusing few months of surveys suggesting that Americans are unhappy with the economy despite positive signs like low unemployment and rising...
Sometimes when I’m looking out across the northern meadow of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, or even the concrete parking lot outside my office window,...
In 1882, sitting at his desk with a pen and open notebook, Harvard philosopher William James inhaled a thick cloud of nitrous oxide — better known...
Since 1975, politicians have built huge portions of the American safety net — like the child tax credit (CTC) — around the idea that excluding the...
The term “psychedelic” was coined by psychiatrist Humphry Osmond: “To fathom Hell or go angelic / Just take a pinch of psychedelic.” But...
I’ve been following debates on guaranteed income for almost a decade, and one thing that’s stood out is that universal basic income (UBI), a...
It has been over a decade since the psychotherapist Miles Neale coined the term “McMindfulness,” which quickly became the buzzword for critiquing...
During the past two years, child poverty in America set new records — one for the better and one for the worse. In 2021, the child poverty rate —...