Pursuing happiness for our time
We are drowning in a sea of content. But the more options we have available to us, the more we retreat in to our own little islands. This can result in the creation of dangerous echo chambers.
As a species, we tend to have an incredibly strong sense of fairness. But is our demand for fairness always such a good thing? If we were willing to tolerate just a bit more unfairness, we could actually improve society quite a bit.
Do you believe your opinions are correct? If so, how do you know? If not, why do you have them?
When you turned 18 years old, did you magically feel more mature? Do you think you were mature at that age in hindsight? If not, why did we agree on 18 as the age of maturity anyway?
The very wealthy are making you, and society as a whole, far worse off than you think. It’s about time we did something about that.
Ever wondered why we are generally so dissatisfied with our politicians? Read more to find out why, and what we might do to get better politicians.
Why we’re so obsessed with ranking everything, and what we can do about it.
