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HISTORY OF IDEAS - Collapse
People have failed throughout history but the way the failure has been interpreted has changed throughout the ages in fascinating ways. Enjoying o…
3 days, 7 hours ago
What to do When Willpower Abandons You
One of the most instructive stories in Greek mythology is to be found in Book 12 of Homer’s Odyssey, where the central figure, Odysseus, king of Itha…
3 days, 8 hours ago
How to Tame a Pitiless Inner Critic
Many of us are struggling with an intensely critical inner voice, one who relentlessly punishes us for failing to live up to an impossible standard. …
3 days, 8 hours ago
Why Advertising is So Exasperating
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3 days, 9 hours ago
Sleep and Mental Health
It can be surprisingly difficult for us to accept that a major cause of much of our mental distress may be nothing so dramatic as a lack of sleep. Ge…
3 days, 9 hours ago
Our Unspoken Wish to Never Encounter Love
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3 days, 10 hours ago
On Feeling Depressed
There remains a huge amount of stigma around depression, but if we look at what an average human is up against, feelings of depression are entirely …
3 days, 10 hours ago
How To Be Selfish
We are used to thinking very badly of selfishness. But knowing how – at points – to put ourselves first can be the precondition for our later generos…
3 days, 11 hours ago
Approaches to Navigate Envious Friends...
Almost inevitably, somewhere along the path of our friendships, we are fated to stumble upon one of the most paradoxical yet universal of characters:…
3 days, 11 hours ago
Economic Want
Economists and politicians always want there to be more ‘demand’ in the economy. But they ignore whether there might be better or worse kinds of dema…
3 days, 12 hours ago