The Big Bang of language (N. Chater and M.H. Christiansen, Wall Street Journal)
New thoughts on the spontaneous formation of language.
15
03, 2022
12
03, 2022
History is rejuvenation
A conversation about new youth from past events.
22
02, 2022
The business of happiness (Lindsay Ellis, Wall Street Journal)
Understanding happiness as the key to success.
2
02, 2022
Engaging hearts and minds in virtual space
The founder of Premise discusses the mission and nature of humanities conversations.
11
01, 2022
Tomorrow morning, at my place (Olivia Merli)
Still running, one year on during Covid.
29
12, 2021
Self-betterment through better reading (John McWhorter, New York Times)
Improving oneself through the study of great books.
29
10, 2021
Machiavelli and the marketplace (Kathryn Dill, Wall Street Journal)
How the Florentine's observations retain their business relevance.
9
10, 2021
Two cultures and a third (A.C. Grayling, The Article)
How science and business may marginalize the humanities, to their detriment.
15
09, 2021
Re-thinking the meaning of health (Janelle S. Ayers, Cell)
Health is more than the absence of disease: a new understanding of remaining healthy.
24
08, 2021
The chronic crisis of the humanities (Merve Emre and Len Gutkin, Chronicle of Higher Education)
That the humanities are always in crisis as part of their modern history.