Rebecca Newberger Goldstein argues that a good life is one that seeks to create order out of a natural state of chaos.

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There is a growing consensus among social scientists and philosophers alike that a sense of life’s meaning and purpose is a key aspect of flourishing, and one that is not reducible either to happiness ...

Edward O. Wilson is simultaneously one of my intellectual heroes and someone who frustrates me enormously, and these conflicting feelings were once again stirred as I read his most recent book, The ...

Would higher taxes on Earth's elite be more beneficial to the global population's health than all the life-extension science Bezos billions can fund? Reading time 3 minutes A growing area of ...