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Compassion
“We suffer more often in the imagination than in reality.”
We are still new at this.
Wizbang innovations capture the public’s imagination, but thoughtful, incremental development is often more valuable to those in need.
We don’t understand why loneliness is bad for us if all we can say is that it hurts.
Cooperation was the first technology.
We got lucky with our evolutionary history.
Turning away is a natural response.
When justice isn’t tempered by something such as mercy, forgiveness, or nonviolence, efforts to make society more equitable often backfire.
John Templeton Foundation
Science and the sacred both allow us to retain our sense of wonder, even as disaster seems to swirl around us.
You can love a romantic partner, but also a pet, a book, God, or the sound of someone’s voice. We need many more words for love.
Pet owners have consistently reported higher levels of social capital in their communities than people without pets.
Think therapy is self-centered? Think again.
Many animals practice what looks like self-medication. A new report suggests that chimps tend wounds with insects, often treating each other.
Pokémon has people wandering the world to enslave wild and magical creatures so they can fight in painful blood sports. What's fun about that?
How can we save humanity from ourselves? In this life and this Universe, there will always be questions beyond the capabilities of humanity to answer. There’s so much that we’ve […]