Borrow the same technique that produced McDonald’s, the Hawaiian pizza, the Beatles’ greatest hits, and Shakespeare’s rhetorical flair.

Bathtubs and toilets each got their own rooms until health professionals urged architects to put all the plumbing in one room.

Humanity is never fully in control of its creations. This lesson from Mary Shelley has remained relevant for over 200 years.

The anxieties underpinning the Great Resignation were simmering for a long time. Here’s a solution.

Metaphors like the Great Chain of Being can lead people to misunderstand evolution and humanity’s place in the web of life.

If you think you know what sex, gender, and "the right thing to do" for trans youth and adults are, be sure it agrees with actual science.

I think, therefore I am (rich).

Treating “oniomania” or compulsive buying disorder is about protecting your finances as well as your mental health.

“The Tao of the wise is to work without effort.”

Almost 18,000 projects, brought together on one clickable map.

Warm relationships protect your mind and body from the slings and arrows of life.

Climate activists' brand of iconoclasm is far removed from the Beeldenstorm that swept medieval Europe.

Late-night shows, developed during the "golden age" of TV, are no longer as relevant in the age of streaming services and Donald Trump.

The “scientific Buddha” and the idea of Buddhist exceptionalism with regard to science are modern creations.

You can buy over 400,000 products tagged “witch” on Etsy, from candles to spell bottles to pentagram necklaces.

Nobel Prizes cannot be revoked.

After 10,000 years of civilization, have we figured out what virtue is?

Women have made incredible gains into STEM fields, but they continue to face gender biases in the workplace.

Progress got derailed somewhere between indoor plumbing and the flying car. Why?

We asked 11 experts about the future of progress for humanity.

About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]

About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]

If our goal is to effect the greatest possible progress, what would it look like to approach this holistically? What might need to dispositionaly in how we approach solving our most important problems—at an individual level, a community level, or at a civilizational or global one? We asked our experts to think big picture about how what new thinking would be required to create a larger pro-progress framework.

As with any "big idea" progress means a lot of different things to different people and not everyone comes into the discussion with the same priors. Some experts are primarily focused on material progress while others emphasize the importance of moral progress. So to start the discussion, we asked each expert to define the term as they see it from their specific vantage point.

Books that were rarely taught in 1963, when baby boomers were students, became classics when those same boomers were teachers and parents.

An interview with filmmaker Jason Sussberg about his new film about Stewart Brand and the importance of culture in achieving progress.

Televising the coronation was thought to be an affront to the dignity of the event.

When justice isn’t tempered by something such as mercy, forgiveness, or nonviolence, efforts to make society more equitable often backfire.

It is wrong to think that these three statements contradict each other. We need to see that they are all true to see that a better world is possible.

The Netflix show about a Birmingham crime family and their personal demons concluded earlier this month.