Most people, most of the time, navigate reality without giving it a second thought. We move through our lives with a sense of flow and integration. The big questions of philosophy and existentialism ...

Care is warranted when arguing with friends and family. But you can be respectful and still point out the flaws in their views Suppose a parent, an uncle or an old friend starts making claims that ...

Friedrich Nietzsche’s well-known reputation as a philosophical provocateur is partly the result of his commitment to disabusing his readers of a variety of beliefs: their beliefs in a higher purpose, ...

Do you feel blah? Not exactly suffering, but lacking interest and excitement? Do your days feel like a monotonous toil, akin to toothbrushing, but stretched over the entire day: same routines, same ...

Behind the philosopher’s cryptic phrase is an invocation to sculpt your ideal self out of the hard stone of your psyche In 1882, Friedrich Nietzsche published The Gay Science, a work he referred to as ...

Religious faith promotes a sense of meaning in life – and it might take more than ‘social glue’ to duplicate the effect One possible explanation has to do with the way religion tends to act like ...

In the first chapter of the ancient Daoist masterpiece the Zhuangzi (attributed to Zhuang Zhou, c369-286 BCE) there is a parade of marvellous animals and plants: a fish named Roe, measuring thousands ...

Screens and social media get the blame, but the real problem lies in how we measure intelligence in the first place ...

‘If I ask someone out and get rejected again, that’s it. I’m done forever. Last time I tried and failed, it shut me down for years. If it happens again, I would not be able to handle it.’ I was ...

Your social anxiety nightmare has arrived: an email inviting you to attend a networking event pops into your inbox. Networking events are a special breed of social interaction that are packed with ...

After their plane crashed into the sea, a pilot and his wingwalker get back up in the air and learn to love flying again ...

Chatbots make us feel uniquely seen and heard, but then the ‘empathy gap’ kicks in and the relationship turns sour ...