What Our Politicians and Pundits Need to Know About Leadership
Leaders can profoundly influence our worldview. Too often, they peddle a false theory of human nature that weakens social ties.
Psychology
How to Remedy “Better-than-Average” Effects
Believing that you are better than others has powerful implications. But do you actually know that you’re better?
Secondhand Smoke, Moral Sanctions, and How We Should Respond to COVID-19
We are reluctant to tell people how to live their lives, except insofar as individual decisions affect the lives of others. We can learn a valuable lesson for the present moment from the examples of smoking and drunk driving.
How to Sustain Your Activism Against Police Brutality Beyond this Moment
A more nuanced understanding of empathy could help convert a short-term reaction into long-term change.
If You Care About the Environment, Stop Feeling Guilty. Feel Angry Instead.
After years of trying to contort myself into a sustainable lifestyle and feeling guilt when I failed, I realize that I never had a chance.
Chaos Has a Light Side: A Conversation with Lulu Miller
When NPR science reporter Lulu Miller heard about a taxonomist who sewed names directly onto his fish specimens after the 1906 earthquake ruined his collection, her ears perked up.