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Hope is indispensable. But when false hope blinds us to reality, a short bout of despair might be the antidote we need ...

AI could satisfy our deeply held desire to talk to other creatures. But the potential for harm might outweigh the benefits ...

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Dr Pia Callesen is a therapist and metacognitive specialist, managing several clinics in Denmark and providing metacognitive therapy online in English. She has a PhD from Manchester University and ...

An activist navigating motherhood for the first time reflects on the complexity of reconciling these two kinds of caregiving ...

A baby sits quietly on his mother’s lap. Suddenly, their calm moment together is interrupted by a shrill and arresting sound – another baby is nearby, crying out in distress. The seated infant frowns ...

John Christian Laursen is Professor of the Graduate Division in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. His latest book is Clandestine Philosophy: New Studies ...

Carl Jung’s approach to architecture is a provocation: how are we creating spaces for the forgotten dimensions of our minds? Architecture is physical, tangible and material. It is concrete, steel and ...

What if there is no ‘path’ to enlightenment? What if our awakening experiences – those temporary but powerful moments of insight, clarity, acceptance and self-transcendence – are not directing us ...

In February 1969, around 10 in the morning, a young Jorge Luis Borges sat down next to an elderly Jorge Luis Borges on a bench by the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Or so it happened in ...

While cognitive biases commonly sway decision-making, Autistic people might be less susceptible to such biases A rational person, according to traditional economic models, is someone who considers all ...