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Identity Formation
Ambition. Descent. Wisdom.
For elite climbers, divers, and explorers, mastery can fuel an escalation loop in which identity and danger rise together.
Bryan Washington, author of “Palaver,” reflects on how moving to Japan and learning a new language shaped his writing.
Neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff on how to spot and break free from cognitive scripts that limit personal growth.
An interview with renowned mythologist Martin Shaw about persona, presence, and how to spend life's finite time.
Reading this article would be such a millennial thing to do.
The hidden story behind Greek surnames and how they trace family origins across the country — starting with the name of a would-be U.S. president.
After my father died, my journey of rediscovery began with the Czech language.
The author of Frankenstein had an obsession with the cemetery and saw love and death as connected.
This was largely a philosophical question until 2005, when a surgical team in France performed the first partial face transplant.
We bring multifaceted selves to our interactions, and in these interactions co-create each other again and again.
If you lost your religion, it might be because the internet and social media are having a secularizing effect on American society.
From politics to culture, we blame “tribalism” for humanity’s problems. This explanation is entirely wrong.
John Templeton Foundation
Be famous within five miles.
When you wish upon a star, it probably makes a difference who you are.
Polarization or misunderstanding?
According to Sigmund Freud, our revulsion at taboos is an attempt to suppress a part of us that actually wants to do them.
For some people, there is only one thing to live for. They commit their entire being to that thing. They are dangerous.