Frank MartelaInstead of being on the side of Israelis or Palestinians, we need to be on the side of peaceWhose side are you on? Israelis or Palestinians? I’ve heard that question many times. Let’s start with whose side I am not on.Oct 27, 2023Oct 27, 2023
Frank MartelaIn Finland, people love paying taxes — And that explains why they’ve been so successful in…Taxes? Who wants to pay taxes? While tax day is frustrating for many, there is a country where people simply love their taxes. In Finland…Jul 15, 2020Jul 15, 2020
Frank MartelaTo make black lives matter the actions of whites matter: From ‘not racist’ to antiracistWatching video footage of protests and unrest on the streets of Rochester in upstate New York reminded me how I trained for a marathon…Jun 4, 2020Jun 4, 2020
Frank MartelaHow to avoid living somebody else’s dream — Four key principles of life designHow to design a life? I recently lectured a whole course on this topic in Aalto University, Finland, trying to help twenty-something…Feb 21, 2019Feb 21, 2019
Frank MartelaEducation as a surrogate for war in the fight for a more compassionate future: Three ways to…My grandfather was only 19 when the Soviet Union aimed to invade Finland in 1939 and he was sent to the front line to defend the…Dec 7, 2017Dec 7, 2017
Frank MartelaWho invented the question about ’meaning of life’?Although we think about it as some sort of eternal question asked since the dawn of mankind, actually the first recorded use of the phrase…Oct 23, 2017Oct 23, 2017
Frank MartelaAs a parent, what you need to know about whether smartphones are destroying the youthJean Twenge, psychology professor at San Diego State University, caused an uproar with her recent article in the Atlantic, in which she…Aug 8, 2017Aug 8, 2017
Frank MartelaTranscending postmodernism: How to March for Science without naively supporting objective truths?When March for Science gathered hundreds of thousands of people in more than 600 cities across the world to march for “truth” and against…Apr 28, 20172Apr 28, 20172