Category: Mind and Meaning
All the posts filed under "Mind and Meaning".
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Why I'm Raising my Daughter in a Language I Hardly Know How to Speak
If you think you're a decent speaker of a second language, try spending a full hour narrating a simple suburban environment to a small child.
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The ‘Bias’ Bias: No, Your Brain is Not Made of Swiss Cheese
Most apparent biases are, in fact, perfectly good heuristics, and people are far more rational than we have been led to believe.
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Things that Surprised Me About the First Year of Parenthood
One year ago my daughter was born. This is the single most monumental thing to ever happen to me.
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Happiness is a Greased Pig Chase
Happiness is a greased pig chase: the harder you grab at it, the more it squirms away. Here's what the happiness research gets wrong about the good life.
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A Repository of Cool Stuff For People Who Are Somewhat Like Us
Trying to appeal to everyone at once is the death knell for writing, art, business, even dating. And it goes both ways: if you put bland, generic things into the world, that's what you get back.
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Getting to 'Good Enough'
Time for some Reverse Life Coaching: a shared ambition to become less ambitious. Here's the plan for reaching 'good enough' (and staying there).
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An Interview with Alain de Botton
The British philosopher speaks out on the curse of fame, the cruel expectations of self-help, and why we're all "hellish propositions".
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The Brave New World of Wireheading
The proverbial drunk searches for his keys under the streetlight, despite having lost them out in the darkness.
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Is The Law of Attraction Real?
If you convince yourself the Law of Attraction is true, maybe it will improve your life. Placebos can be good medicine, even if you know they’re only sugar pills… right?
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The Madness Of Crowds
If you skip the top-tier or ‘must-do’ attraction, you will usually have a way better time at a fraction of the price.
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Self Authoring Review: Sorting Myself Out With Dr Jordan Peterson
Imagine your dad giving you a lecture about life, except your dad is Canadian, has an IQ of ~150, and is voiced by Kermit the Frog. That's Jordan Peterson.
