"Survival of the most adaptable is far truer to the whole of evolutionary data than survival of the fittest." Delighted to feature evolutionary psychologist @StevenCHayes in this episode about transcendence....

"Liberalism wasn’t always part of the very air we breathe. It took centuries of efforts by radicals and republicans to bring about the liberal revolutions—and revolutions they were—that entrenched the...

In a recent essay published in this magazine, I wrote about a phenomenon I call “angry activism.” I explained how the desire to be right and “win” against “the other…View...

When I sat down to write my first piece for Queer Majority, I knew it would be difficult. I wanted to grow the queer movement by making it more welcoming,…View...

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.—Ludwig Wittgenstein When early twentieth-century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote the above quotation, he was cautioning readers that…View...

RT @JasonSilva: My thoughts on AI GENERATED ART https://t.co/xMuKreumHw

What makes a man, if not masculinity? What makes a woman, if not femininity? These questions arise out of modern feminist theory, where scholars first drew a distinction between biological…View...

Damian Emba writes about the inefficacy of anger as a tool of persuasion in activism.

When I moved to the United States as a teenager, I couldn’t speak much English. I struggled to have basic conversations, even though I had studied the language for years…View...

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.—Robert Frost Liberals have long prided themselves on their pragmatism and moderation. While radical movements on…...