When American author Edward Bellamy published his utopian novel Looking Backward: 2000 – 1887 in 1888, he didn’t know that it would be one of the best-selling books of the era; that it would inspire a political groups around the world; or that some of the most prominent intellectuals of the time would count it as an influence on their thinking.
Good thinkers frequently ask themselves this question, the way good doctors frequently check their practices against the Hippocratic oath they swore.
A conversation with the authors of “Minds Wide Shut” about how to avoid a destructive, and pervasive, mode of thinking that affects all of us.
To eliminate women’s “second shift,” we need to understand its origins.
Building a livable world requires a new understanding of our species’ role on Earth. Reorienting this sense of self is something that all of us must confront. Easier said than done, perhaps. But here’s where it might start.
In the mid-19th century, Ignaz Semmelweis knew hand-washing could save lives. But he didn’t know a strong social network could thwart good evidence.
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