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Can Exes Be Friends?
Partners who break up frequently think that the nicest thing to do is to try to remain good friends. But this nice-sounding gesture frequently brings…
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The Sanity of 'Insanity
There’s so much pressure on us to be always rational, calm and sensible: it’s time also to say a word about the essential normality of a little madne…
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How to Change Your Partner Through Humour
We all want to change our partners in one way or another – but the best way to do this isn’t generally through long and serious speeches. It’s throug…
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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…
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Why Advertising is So Exasperating
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Our Unspoken Wish to Never Encounter Love
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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…
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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…
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5 Reasons the Modern World Is so Ugly
A distinguishing feature of much of the modern man-made world is that it is, first and foremost, very ugly: disappointing modern architecture abound…
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The Remedy For a "Monotonous Life" - Sei Shonagon - The Pillow Book
It feels natural, at times, to lament how boring our lives are. We do the same things each week, nothing special or exciting ever seems to happen. We…
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