Sadness can draw out people’s creative side
An extensive study of British artists and writers revealed that highly creative people often suffer from a mood disorder The data confirmed what letters, diaries and...
Don Morgenson
The “fear of missing out” prevents us from experiencing the real world
One of my students, a bright and engaged student, came to see me because she was troubled: she was addicted to her many electronic gadgets The first thing she does upon waking...
Shedding light on idealism
Idealism has a very bad press Idealism is seen as innocence ignoring great moral evil, naiveté allowing wickedness Idealism is seen simply as an empty vessel We slouch toward...
University: An investment in the power of ideas
Philosopher Alfred North Whitehead wrote in his book, The Aims of Education, “ and the gift which the university has to offer all students is the very old one of...
Maybe the devil made me do it
Empathy vs. cruelty: evaluating Philip Zimbardo’s 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, intended to assess the psychological implications of institutional systems within criminal imprisonment
Gun violence: a public health issue?
Contributed Image Daily, threats of nuclear war, bio-terrorism, Ebola and other diseases are very real in our world, but most Americans are apparently unaware of another disease...
No need to ‘keep up with the Joneses’
Graphic by Fani Hseih “Keeping up with the Joneses” — what a supremely evocative saying, suggesting many different meanings Does the “keeping up” suggest struggling...
Recounting the wisdom of Dostoevsky
Unraveling the philosophies of an iconic Russian novelist and how his words can help our lives
The unfortunate truths of children lost in poverty
In response to the alarming infant-mortality rate, the New York Foundling Hospital opened in 1869, and is one of the oldest social service agencies in North America It was then...