Teaching to discover: how school should be according to David Edwards
David Edwards is an eclectic Harvard University professor: his interests range from cell and tissue bioengineering to school system planning, design and contemporary art. He raised from the columns of...
View ArticleWell-meant anxiety: the philosophy of worrying
Philosophy? It’s always been a remedy for anxiety, against the weight of life. From the Stoics, Aristotle, Plato to Kant, philosophy has always tried to find a way to explain and in some cases beat...
View ArticleSeneca the Younger and our lifespan
How are we spending our time? An important question, one that requires us to slow down for a moment or even a few minutes. One of those questions that force us to stop, actually, and why not, to keep...
View ArticleThe journey and the discovery
What are the things that we really need when we are about to embark on a journey? Good question, the answer to which will vary according to the life stage we are going through. When I was a young boy I...
View ArticleWhen philosophy helps to learn
I’ve always thought that studying philosophy is a good thing and that what we learn can come in handy in other aspects of life too. A research carried out in Britain whose results have been published...
View ArticleThe quest for happiness
Daniel M. Haybron is a Professor of Philosophy at the St Louis University who, according to common sense, should have many reasons to smile. Last year in July he was awarded a $5m grant from the John...
View ArticleNick Bostrom and the future of humanity
The Future of Humanity Institute is a task-force of scientists, mathematicians, physicists and other ductile and skilled intellectuals led by Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom, dedicated to humanity’s...
View ArticleSelf-driving cars and carriages
Last spring in Florida there was the first fatal accident involving a self-driving car. The news dominated the headlines all over the world, mostly because it seemed to somehow confirm what everyone...
View ArticleWhat does it mean to live in a happy country?
How happy are you? And how can we measure happiness? It’s about individual perception, of course, yet I came across a really interesting document providing some valid starting points on which to...
View ArticleBeing brave enough to change
Changing life, work, direction, objectives. How many times we have thought about it, but how many people have been brave enough to actually do it for real? A lifestyle change can be fascinating indeed,...
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