Clash: 8 Cultural Conflicts That Make Us Who We Are
Why did UN-led aid efforts in Sudan have such catastrophic consequences and why were aid workers so slow to recognize their mistake?
October 03rd, 2014
relationships
September 09th, 2014
Materially False: A Q&A with Tim Kasser about the Pursuit of the Good Life through Goods
As Madonna astutely noted in her 1984 song, we live in a material world.
August 28th, 2014
Schadenfreude in Gaza
As the Gaza-Israel conflict began escalating last month, there were widely circulated reports that Israeli spectators had gathered on garden chairs and old sofas to cheer as bombs rained down on people living in Gaza just a few miles away.
May 08th, 2014
Q&A with Nicholas Epley Part 1: We Need to Talk
We possess a fundamental need to connect with one another, yet connecting with others in a meaningful way can be awkward, elusive, and challenging.
Q&A with Nicholas Epley Part 2: Ourselves & Our Technology
In Part 2 of our interview with Nicholas Epley, we explore his work on presence of mind–how we perceive and relate to the minds of other people and objects.
April 16th, 2014
Be Mindwise: Perspective Taking vs. Perspective Getting
In his new book, Mindwise, Nicholas Epley explores the power of our “sixth sense,” as he calls it—our ability to infer what’s going on in another’s mind, what they think, feel, and want.
