American Psycho?
In his book, The Protest Psychosis, psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl examines the incidence and diagnosis of schizophrenia in the United…
Tag: philosophy
I’ve heard there are troubles…
It’d be nice to think life is always easy. Nice but unrealistic. However, that doesn’t mean you have…
The Meaning of Life?
We run around in our lives pursuing happiness. We worry about finding meaning. We fret in case we…
Half the Sky
In the Introduction to their book, Half the Sky, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn, recount the story…
Two Races of Men
We worry about our differences when we should really concentrate on the ways we are similar. We…
If You Saw A Child About to Fall in a Well…
Mencius a fourth-century BCE Chinese thinker and disciple of Confucius, taught that human beings have within them everything…
The Moral Molecule
In an experiment to examine the effects of the hormone oxytocin on social interaction, neuroeconomist Paul Zak made…
Love is a Dynamo – Part III
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. The…
Love is a Dynamo – Part I
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can…
Your Most Important Decision
Tell me, what is it you plan to do …