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  • Everyone in the Developed World Owes This Man Their Life

    Everyone in the Developed World Owes This Man Their Life0

    While living in a developed modern nation comes with a slew of perks and benefits that allow for a certain degree of comfort when it comes to living, one of the unfortunate downsides to having superior technology reveals itself when one looks at those who use it maliciously or for destruction. Nuclear weapons are undoubtedly

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  • 1939 vs. 2008: What do men and women want in marriage?

    1939 vs. 2008: What do men and women want in marriage?0

    Oxford educated economist Max Roser published an interesting—and telling—chart on Twitter recently. Roser, the founder of Our World Data, analyzed the top 18 traits men and women valued in their partners and compared them cross-generationally, from 1939 to 2008. The following values were identified as important and ranked by men or women: Mutual attraction, Dependable

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  • A Holocaust Forgotten

    A Holocaust Forgotten0

    If you visit Lisbon today, in the downtown square you can find a half of a stone orb resting on a slab. Within the stone circle is the Star of David, etched with the following: “In memory of the thousands of Jews who were victimized by intolerance and religious fanaticism, killed on the massacre that

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  • Study: Architecture Affects Your Brain

    Study: Architecture Affects Your Brain0

    A scientific study conducted several years ago found that the sorts of architecture once typical of “museums, churches, and libraries” has measurable effects on brain function that are similar in some ways to traditional forms of meditation. That’s potentially very significant, not only for the small elite that designs such buildings today, but for the

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  • The Logical Fallacy of ‘Hasty Counter-Example’

    The Logical Fallacy of ‘Hasty Counter-Example’0

    If you’ve taken a course in “critical thinking”—or even just had an excellent teacher in high school or college—chances are you’ve heard of “the fallacy of hasty generalization.” There’s also the logically converse fallacy, which is equally common but unlabeled and often confused with the first. I call it that of “hasty counter-example.” For the

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  • Why You Should Spend More Money on Experiences Than Things

    Why You Should Spend More Money on Experiences Than Things0

    The pursuit of happiness is something that I’d say about 99 percent of the people on this planet are chasing after. Happiness is at the foundation of why we do anything, right? Every single choice we make in life will be and has been based on how we’re feeling in the moment.   There’s a

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