The Pleasures of Pain and the Pains of Pleasure
In his new book, Paul Bloom pushes us to reflect on the complexity of our emotional reactions. Why do we cry on our worst days and our best?
Psychology
What Anti-Asian Discrimination Teaches Us About Racism
Understanding the experience of Asian-Americans sheds light on a complicated dimension of racism in the U.S.—and how to address it.
We Need to Change the Way We Talk about Climate Change
The way we talk about climate change burns and bums people out. Here’s what we should do instead.
Why You Should Always Switch: The Monty Hall Problem (Finally) Explained
The infamous problem even professors and mathematicians got wrong comes down to one unintuitive inference—in the Monty Hall problem, Monty Hall is God.
How Social Milieu Fosters the Impostor Phenomenon
Impostor feelings—that we are perpetually on the verge of being unmasked as not worthy—have traditionally been viewed as an individual affliction. New research locates it in a social milieu.
A Failure of Fear: Why Certain Nations Flunked the COVID-19 Threat Test
Loose cultures prize individual liberty. This trait works well until society-wide threats—like COVID—arise. Here’s how loose societies can maximize liberty and safety in the face of a future crisis.