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Frank Martela

Frank Martela

Instead of being on the side of Israelis or Palestinians, we need to be on the side of peace

Whose 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, 2023

Instead of being on the side of Israelis or Palestinians, we need to be on the side of peace

Oct 27, 2023

Frank Martela

In 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, 2020

In Finland, people love paying taxes — And that explains why they’ve been so successful in…

Jul 15, 2020

Frank Martela

To make black lives matter the actions of whites matter: From ‘not racist’ to antiracist

Watching 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, 2020

To make black lives matter the actions of whites matter: From ‘not racist’ to antiracist

Jun 4, 2020

Frank Martela

How to avoid living somebody else’s dream — Four key principles of life design

How to design a life? I recently lectured a whole course on this topic in Aalto University, Finland, trying to help twenty-something…

Feb 21, 2019

How to avoid living somebody else’s dream — Four key principles of life design

Feb 21, 2019

Frank Martela

Education 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, 2017

Education as a surrogate for war in the fight for a more compassionate future: Three ways to…

Dec 7, 2017

Frank Martela

Who 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, 2017

Who invented the question about ’meaning of life’?

Oct 23, 2017

Frank Martela

As a parent, what you need to know about whether smartphones are destroying the youth

Jean Twenge, psychology professor at San Diego State University, caused an uproar with her recent article in the Atlantic, in which she…

Aug 8, 2017

As a parent, what you need to know about whether smartphones are destroying the youth

Aug 8, 2017

Frank Martela

Transcending 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, 2017

Transcending postmodernism: How to March for Science without naively supporting objective truths?

Apr 28, 2017

Frank Martela

Frank Martela

Exploring the meaning in life. Philosopher, researcher of psychology, PhD. Author of ‘Insights on Finding a Meaningful Existence’: https://frankmartela.com/

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