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The science of near-death experiences

25.05.2024 8

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The known unknowns about Ozempic, explained

If you track the news at all, you’ve probably heard of a revolutionary new weight-loss drug called Ozempic. The very idea of a novel miracle...

19.05.2024 70

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UFOs, God, and the edge of understanding

11.05.2024 40

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Everything’s a cult now

Is damn near everything a cult now? That’s a glib distillation of an interesting idea I recently encountered. The basic thesis was that the internet...

28.04.2024 30

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Will AI mean the end of liberal democracy?

What does it mean to say that we’re living in a revolutionary era? Even political scientists can’t agree on the meaning of a “revolution,” but...

20.04.2024 20

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Life is hard. Can philosophy help?

What’s the point of philosophy? It’s an old question, maybe one of the oldest in the history of philosophy, and there has never been a consensus...

13.04.2024 10

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Americans are hooked on the fantasy of financial liberation

Have you ever been invited by a friend or a family member to a coffee shop or a lunch date, and when you get there you realize that they don’t just...

07.04.2024 8

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The chaplain who doesn’t believe in God

When you hear the word “chaplain,” you probably think of a priest or an Imam or some other kind of traditional clergyperson — that’s what...

30.03.2024 30

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Are we in the middle of an extinction panic?

If you’ve followed the news in the last year or two, you’ve no doubt heard a ton about artificial intelligence. And depending on the source, it...

03.03.2024 9

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Why we fear uncertainty — and why we shouldn’t

One of the things that human beings seem to fear is uncertainty. Most of us like to know things, and when we don’t know things, we get...

17.02.2024 10

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Why work is so miserable in America

When you hear the phrase “work ethic,” you might think of the perfect employee. The one who puts her job above everything else, who never...

11.02.2024 20

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How mindfulness went mainstream

Capitalism has a way of hijacking our culture’s best ideas. Regardless of the domain, industry turns almost every promising movement into a product....

19.12.2023 20

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The philosophy of anarchism, explained

When you think of anarchism, what comes to mind? Maybe you have some vague image of a punk rocker with the Circle-A symbol scratched into her jeans....

13.12.2023 8

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