The Guardian
The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months
12+ min · · When a group of schoolboys were marooned on an island in 1965, it turned out very differently to William Golding’s bestseller, writes Rutger Bregman · Shared by 1343, including Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Jeff Atwood, Austin Kleon, Matthew Herper, Chris Hadfield, Jay Rosen, Dan Snow, Caterina Fake, Marsha Collier, Rutger Bregman, Alfie Kohn, 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡, Dr. Pete Meyers, Larry Ferlazzo, Matt Zoller Seitz, Steve Case, Albert Wenger 🌎🔥⌛, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, BrendanEich
Aeon+Psyche
Lost perspective? Try this linguistic trick to reset your view
5 min · · By using ‘distanced self-talk’, you can leverage the structure of language to take a step back and see the bigger picture · Shared by 457, including Albert Ràfols, Nir Eyal, Rick Powell, fnord, Gabriele, Matthias Lampe
The Guardian
The clockwork universe: is free will an illusion?
20+ min · · The long read: A growing chorus of scientists and philosophers argue that free will does not exist. Could they be right? · Shared by 425, including Albert Ràfols, Connie Ragen Green, Rick Powell, Anita Leirfall, Miguel Angel Escotet, Evan Selinger, Gregg Caruso, Uyên Đỗ, Anita Hill, Robert Talisse, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, justin caouette, Barry Ritholtz, Shubhankar Adhikari, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social
The Atlantic
How to Buy Happiness
5 min · · The joys of money are nothing without other people. · Shared by 350, including Edney Souza 🧙♂️, Christian Hartmann, Miguel Angel Escotet, Gabriele, Rick Powell, Guy Kawasaki, Tim Hayden, Jeff Atwood, Jeremiah Owyang, Gerd Leonhard
The New Yorker
The Equality Conundrum
19+ min · · We all agree that inequality is bad. But what kind of equality is good? · Shared by 345, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Juliana de Albuquerque | @ajuliana@mas.to, Pat Kua, Andrei Luca, Jochen Burkhard, Nilofer Merchant, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Robert Lepenies, Rick Powell, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl
The Atlantic
The Last Children of Down Syndrome
20+ min · · Prenatal testing is changing who gets born and who doesn’t. This is just the beginning. · Shared by 302, including Boas Ruh, Carl Zimmer, Ashley Parker, Vaughan Bell, Virginia Hughes, l. ones, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Keith Frankish, Alice Wong 王美華, Stig Ørskov, Rick Powell, Steve Silberman
medium.com
It’s Not Enough to Be Right—You Also Have to Be Kind
6 min · · Being right—and even having facts and data to support it—will never be as persuasive as kindness. · Shared by 289, including Massimiliano Aroffo, Michelle Boisson, Dominik Grolimund, Rick Powell, Adam Tinworth, Matthias Sala, Yonatan Levy, Justin Jackson, mdy, Jelan Ong, Vincenzo Tremonte, Eric L. Barnes 🏝️, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Ryan Holiday, Gabriele, dunschtig, Lukas Stickelberger, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Florian Hanke 🍎
Aeon+Psyche
The history of humiliation points to the future of human dignity
7 min · · Humiliation requires a complicit audience. To become truly ‘decent societies’, we need to educate people against joining in · Shared by 265, including Rick Powell, l. ones, Jason Silva, Miguel Angel Escotet, Matthias Lampe
The Atlantic
Meritocracy’s Miserable Winners
10 min · · The system that’s widened the gap between the rich and everyone else has also turned elite life into an endless, terrible competition. Maybe there’s a way out. · Shared by 216, including Dave Nussbaum, David Nagel, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Antonio Vieira Santos, Christina Hoff Sommers, Matthias Lampe, Bradley Metrock, Dr Jordan B Peterson, Tim Müller, Gregory B. Sadler 🦉 (no blue check, just owl), Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, John Tasioulas, Charles Baldwin, Scott Galloway, Stowe Boyd, Rick Powell, Tara Imani, AIA, ...und meine Frau ist auch Elon Musk!, Anita Leirfall, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️
Aeon+Psyche
How the cruel moraliser uses a halo to disguise his horns
15+ min · · Cruelty and morality seem like polar opposites – until they join forces. Beware those who persecute in the name of principle · Shared by 189, including Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Gregg Caruso, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Liv 😷, Patricia Churchland, Tim, John Tasioulas, Rick Powell, Paul Graham, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Kevin Roberts, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Kathleen Stock, Anita Leirfall, Howard Getson
The New Yorker
What Does the Life of the Mind Do In a Crisis?
5 min · · Crises are, at least while they are happening, not educational opportunities. But there are still things to learn. · Shared by 149, including Dr Skye Cleary, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Miguel Angel Escotet, Liv 😷, Christian Surchi, David V. Johnson, Jane, Rick Powell, Jason Stanley, John Danaher
Prospect
What Hannah Arendt knew about love
4 min · · The celebrated thinker once wrote that love was the most antipolitical of forces—but she also believed it had the power to change the world · Shared by 122, including Rick Powell, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine
Slate
The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven Changed Christian Publishing Forever. It Also Tore a Family Apart.
20+ min · · The cover calls the book “a true story.” But the boy himself now says it was not true at all. · Shared by 122, including Rick Powell, Richard Dawkins
Aeon+Psyche
How Mengzi came up with something better than the Golden Rule
4 min · · The Golden Rule says put yourself in another’s shoes. But what if we do as Mengzi did, and just love them as our own? · Shared by 90, including Matthias Lampe, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Guy Longworth, Anita Leirfall, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Pedro Noguera, Dr Skye Cleary, Liam Bright, Rick Powell, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Patricia Churchland
Aeon+Psyche
Is virtue signalling a perversion of morality?
5 min · · Virtue signalling has been called out for its alleged hypocrisy. But is it, in fact, a true sign of morality? · Shared by 89, including Gregg Caruso, Rick Powell, Barry C Smith, Esther Schindler, John Danaher, ExApologist, Anita Leirfall, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Faik Ersoy, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Matteo Furia, Helen De Cruz, justin caouette, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us)
HuffPost
Progressive Boomers Are Making It Impossible For Cities To Fix The Housing Crisis
10 min · · Residents of wealthy neighborhoods are taking extreme measures to block much-needed housing and transportation projects. · Shared by 89, including Rick Powell, Greater Greater Washington