On Self-Deception and Self-Imposed Suffering
I don’t know when they became so popular, but in recent years I’ve noticed the proliferation of rustically framed mantras serving as home décor....
The Reality of Cherished Memories
Everyday Lifestyle series co-editor Dr. Laura Engel recently sat down to talk with Dr. Jeanine Weekes Schroer. During their discussion, Dr. Engel asked Dr....
Isolation and Madness
On July 1st, 1969, Donald Crowhurst wrote in his logbook titled “Philosophy:”
“It is the time for your move to begin / I have not...
The Scholar’s Vocation
Summer becomes fall, bringing with it preparations for the upcoming academic year; recent high-school graduates look forward to their next step, professors craft syllabi,...
Breaking Bad Habits
Two things to note about habits: one, they are very hard to break and two, a fair number of them are bad for us.
Many...
How Philosophy May Help to Deal with Disagreement
Philosophy is sometimes perceived as an abstract and nerdy discipline dealing with problems of its own creation in an isolated chamber of the Ivory...
Travel, Fear, and Cheating
On a warm spring night in 2016, I found myself lost and alone in the small hours of morning in Kashgar. My welcome to...
The New Panopticon
With my work bringing me back in touch with public high school education, and as someone recently acquainted with a third decade of mostly...
Reflections on the Gamification of Fitness
According to any number of game designers, psychologists, and journalists, our lives are becoming increasingly gamified. Gamification, or “the use of game design elements...
Advice from an Emperor
I am hard-pressed to recall the nuances of externalism and internalism on a late night with an old friend. The details of safety and...