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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...

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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 8

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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 7

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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 8

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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 5

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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 5

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What our brain chemistry says about free will

There are many ways to think about the history of humanity. One of them is to say that we’ve gradually lifted ourselves out of ignorance as we’ve...

21.11.2023 2

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The author Michael Lewis on the lessons of Sam Bankman-Fried

On October 3, the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried began at a federal court in New York City. SBF (as he’s more commonly known) is the disgraced founder...

17.10.2023 9

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David Brooks thinks Americans are getting meaner

One of the things you hear often these days is that America is becoming a more polarized country. As far as I can tell, almost no one quibbles with...

04.10.2023 20

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Naomi Klein on her doppelganger (and yours)

One of the things I try to do on my podcast The Gray Area is sort through all the political and cultural confusion in our society. To say that our...

26.09.2023 6

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Stuart Russell wrote the textbook on AI safety. He explains how to keep it from spiraling out of control.

One of the hardest parts of the news business is striking a balance between covering stories that seem important in the moment and covering stories...

20.09.2023 2

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Democracy is the antidote to capitalism

The “state of democracy” has been a popular discourse in recent years, to put it mildly. There’s a whole genre of books and think pieces about...

12.09.2023 2

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