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David Meyer

Professor Christopher Blattman argues that thinking people prefer peace but that irrational concerns can spur war.

Andrew Leland, editor of The Believer and former host of The Organist podcast, provides a compelling account of his increasing blindness and the enormous changes it brought…

Bestseller Daniel Levitin details habits, practices and attitudes that ensure graceful, joyous aging.

Ret. General Stanley McChrystal details successful and unsuccessful strategic responses to pressure.

Harvard professor Steven Pinker teases out another one-sentence idea into a compelling, immersing and revealing look at the power – when people remember to apply it…

Gastropod podcaster Nicola Twilley provides a surprisingly compelling history of keeping food cold.

Columbia University cultural psychologist Michael Morris offers a detailed history of the evolution of tribalism and its enduring power in human history.

News host Chris Hayes details how the attention economy steals your focus, time, money, and connection with others.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard H. Thaler and Harvard Law professor Cass R. Sunstein take another look at people who make decisions that are not in their self-interest.