Two selves
Each of us has an “experiencing self” and a “remembering self” — and they are very different.
Less reasonable than we think
System One is an almost instantaneous story generator.
Beliefs and reasons
The reason why it is very hard to argue someone out of a belief is that …
Not rational
The classic economic theory embedded in western democracies assumes that …
The long view
Taking the long view – returning hope to our interpretation of the data – is not exclusively the property of the marginalized …
A needed reckoning
If we are going to save ourselves, the time is near where a reckoning must happen.
Seeing the beyond of it
There’s a prayer composed by the late Roman Catholic Bishop Ken Untener …
Beyond here be dragons
Humanity has mastered more of the mysteries of nature than people as recently as a century or two ago might have thought possible.
The ways of the past
Conflicts are literally the way of the past.
The problem of diversity
For most of human history, most people have lived among people who are pretty much the same as themselves.