Daniel A. Kaufman argues that we are suffering a catastrophic deficit of political wisdom.
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Carving Our Own Bones
Mariana Ortega explores art and self-making.
Aerial Silks and the Value of Self-fulfilment
Caitlin M. Bauer finds answers hanging by a thread.
The Farewell, written and directed by Lulu Wang: a review
A review by Amy Kind.
Are We Bodies or Souls?
Richard Swinburne introduces an extract from his latest book, Are We Bodies or Souls?
Becoming Beauvoir: A Life: a review
Jamie Lombardi finds a Simone de Beauvoir not seen before.
Weighty Matters
Jean Kazez considers losing weight.
“Live Each Day as if it Were Your Last”
Valerie Tiberius wonders whether that bit of wisdom is such a good idea.
All Good Things Laugh
Michael Hauskeller considers Nietzsche on the death of God and the birth of the superhuman.
The Skeptic: issue 87
Publicly endorsing science is part of skepticism, but it isn’t always easy because so many people don’t differentiate between accepting science as the best method we have for building knowledge and treating scientists as if they were gods. Individual scientists are, unfortunately, as prone to mistakes and fraud as any other group of human beings. […]
Understanding Risk
There’s more to risk than weighing up probabilities, argues Duncan Pritchard.