Rivers of time and change, outside and within
Change over time leads to thoughts of our accepted certainties.
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12, 2017
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11, 2017
On American reading, technology, and intellectual life
How American society limits our reading and concentration, also by technology.
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11, 2017
Science meets mythology
Two formative thinkers of the 20th-century consider the force of instinctual aggression.
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10, 2017
Doubting wisely to achieve soundness of mind and body
Why doubt can lead to self-assurance and independence of judgement, which is manifest in one's outward demeanor.
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10, 2017
History as quarry: how chemistry uncovered the routes of medieval artistry (Nicholas St. Fleur, NY Times)
Chemistry provides the sleuthing in finding the historical path of the medieval art trade
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10, 2017
Art, beauty, and freedom
Finding personality in the spirit of freedom through beauty.
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10, 2017
Personality in the modern machine age
Personality is a struggle for, and achievement of, inwardness.
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09, 2017
The death of English (Hephzibah Anderson, BBC Culture)
The American idiom hastens the English demise.
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09, 2017
Internet Rx: do doctors and patients know how to read advice on-line? (Philippa Göranson, Pulse)
On-line medical advice tests doctors and patients in new ways.
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09, 2017
The habits of learning, for good or ill, in tune with the times
Our habits are part of our education for better and worse.