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bad news is bad for society

Bad news is bad news for society

When negativity is a vehicle for status

Denise Baden
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Facts dont win against misinformation

Facts won't win the conspiracy war

Where did all the facts go?

Sun-ha Hong
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Personality tests say nothing about the self

Personality tests misunderstand you

The dark side of self-diagnosis

Gerardo Viera
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24 03 19 Against referencing

Referencing is a sham

How authority gets mistaken for the truth

Nina Lyon
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The myth of feminist perfection

The capitalism of International Women’s Day

Jessica Ford
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24 02 21 psychedelics and context

External reality mutes the psychedelic mind

How environmental context controls our brain

Pedro A. Mediano
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Camus on the Absurd and Love

Albert Camus on love and the absurd

Absurdity may be king, but love saves us from it

Jamie Lombardi
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Psychedelic experience isn’t just brain chemistry

Not just a lightshow

Ricky Williamson
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What is authentic love? Simone de Beauvoir's View

Authentic love requires independence and equality.

Kate Kirkpatrick
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The History and Politics of Boredom

Boredom isn't personal: it's the mark of modernity

Elizabeth S. Goodstein
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To Gift or Not to Gift? A Philosopher's Dilemma

Give your loved ones a priceless gift: attention.

Skye C. Cleary
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Žižek and the game of life

HowTheLightGetsIn debates The Game of Life

Ricky Williamson
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24 02 16 heidegger and the present

Heidegger's route to reality

Escaping from distraction

Simon Glendinning
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24 01 30 hangover of historicism.2

We should turn our back on history

Embracing uncertainty to understand the future

Alexis Papazoglou
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The benefit of breaking your New Year's resolutions

January's opressive perfectionism

Rebecca Roache
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Maps are guided by power, not truth

Navigating the future with critical cartography

Mike Duggan
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Killing pain kills pleasure

On the value of suffering

Brock Bastian
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Playing in the concrete jungle

How urban design can awaken our sense of play

Anna Boldina
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23 11 15 Common sense czar 2

The common sense myth

Who gets to decide what it is?

Peter West
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The virtues of propaganda

Why facts don't change people's minds

Anna M. Hennessey
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Solitude is vital for a happy life

Why we confuse solitude and loneliness

Netta Weinstein
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Lost in translation: debunking universal language

Conquering the curse of Babel

Philip Seargeant
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Opening the black box

Transparency in AI is not enough

Rune Nyrup
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23 10 03.Slaves to freedom

Slaves to freedom

A disease without a cure

Slavoj Žižek
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