Where am I?
From the MIT Press Reader: When Daniel Dennett’s essay collection “Brainstorms” was published in 1978, the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science was just emerging. Dennett was a young scholar who
Records of Pompeii’s Survivors Have Been Found – and Archaeologists are Starting to Understand How They Rebuilt Their Lives
by Steven L. Tuck at The Conversation: On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting over 3 cubic miles of debris up to 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) in
Changing Your Diet and Lifestyle May Slow Down Alzheimer’s
Alice Park in Time: Lately, the biggest news in Alzheimer’s has been around a new drug treatment that can slow cognitive decline by nearly 30% among people in the early stages of
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Picture a Perfect Society. What Does it Look Like?
What principles do we need to design a fair society? Here is political philosopher John Rawls’ classic thought experiment on redesigning society–the experiment considers a group of strangers who are
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Rule of Law?
Joann Wypijewski in Sidecar: On 30 May, around cocktail time, a jury in New York criminal court found former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump guilty on all thirty-four counts
The Traveler By: Friedrich Nietzsche
A traveler who had seen many countries, peoples and several of the earth’s continents was asked what attribute he had found in men everywhere. He said: “They have a propensity
‘Human Beings are Pure Evil’: Dog Thrown From Balcony in Karachi Sparks Outrage
by Images Staff: Stray animals are rounded up and killed en masse on a routine basis in Karachi to curb their population. Municipal laws allow authorities to either poison or
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Alone Again, Unnaturally
Joseph Epstein in Commentary: More than two centuries earlier, Montaigne wrote at essay-length on the subject of solitude. “Now the aim of all solitude, I take it, is the same: to
“Because It’s There”: The Unending Allure Of High Mountains
Henry Wismayer at Noema: This month marks 100 years since Mallory’s last dance with the sublime. Debate persists over whether a 1920s climber in hobnail boots, even a phenom like
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The US, UK, EU and Canada Went Far Left on Immigration — and are Paying the Price
by Andrew Sullivan at The Weekly Dish: Not so long ago, as many of us reeled from the political earthquakes of Brexit and Trump, it seemed sensible for responsible mainstream
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Pics Speak: Week Ending June 7, 2024
Clowns celebrate The Day of the Peruvian Clown in Lima, Peru Children play on a sunken ship in Basra, Iraq A volcano spews lava in Grindavik, Iceland A vendor carries
How Altruism Evolved in Humans
Altrusim is considered the desire to uphold a moral code. It may be akin to selflessness, the opposite of selfishness. It is the principle and practice of concern for the