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Longform explorations of deep issues written by serious and creative thinkers.

Marchers hold signs that say “Resist Sis” and “Viva La Revolucion” in front of Trump International Hotel on January 19, 2019

The Real Sexism Problem in the Discipline of Economics

Nothing we can do will make the world more…

The Emotional Lives of Others

On Nias island, the heart can be ‘squeezed’, ‘hot’, even ‘hairy’. What…

The Problem of Mindfulness

Mindfulness promotes itself as value-neutral but it is loaded with…

Being and Drunkenness: How to Party Like an Existentialist

Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre…

There Really Is No Natural or Right Way to Be a Parent

We’re opportunistic, inventive and flexible…

Why the Constant Trashing of Antidepressants Is Absurd

The backlash against antidepressants results…

What Big History Says About How Royal Women Exercise Power

Across time and place, royal women wielded…

Natural, Shmatural

Mother Nature might be lovely, but moral she is not. She doesn’t love us or want…

Life ≠ Alive

A cat is alive, a sofa is not: that much we know. But a sofa is also part of life…

Why Is Psychedelic Culture Dominated by Privileged White Men?

If psychedelic substances are a portal…

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