Here it is, our regular Friday diet of suggested readings for the weekend: Fascinating essay tracing the ethical history of money lending. How Google search data reveals just how sexist, racist and generally ugly our society really is. In dramatic… Read More ›
Here it is, our regular Friday diet of suggested readings for the weekend: How effective is economic theory? (Hint: not much…) Why a moratorium on microaggressions might be a good idea. Time to accept the reality of time. In praise… Read More ›
Here it is, our regular Friday diet of suggested readings for the weekend: A bizarre experiment in “just sitting and thinking” (but about what?). A growing number of people think their jobs are useless. Time to rethink the meaning of… Read More ›
Here it is, our regular Friday diet of suggested readings for the weekend: People with multiple personalities are changing psychologists’ ideas of the self. The “busy” trap and how to escape it. Radical theory overturns old model of how emotions… Read More ›
Here it is, our regular Friday diet of suggested readings for the weekend: Watching too many television shows about crime fighting reinforces authoritarian tendencies. Moral enhancement might not work for precisely the reasons it is claimed to be desirable. A… Read More ›
Here it is, our regular Friday diet of suggested readings for the weekend: Contra this article, this was one awful idea the ancient Greeks came up with. Let’s not follow it. The science and fad of diets based on fasting…. Read More ›
Here it is, our regular Friday diet of suggested readings for the weekend: Live long and prosper: how Star Trek challenged racial and gender stereotypes. What do you really want? And how do you know that? The persistence myth, despite… Read More ›
