Are Intellectuals Suffering a Crisis of Meaning?
What is the relationship between intellectual giftedness and meaning in life?
Beautiful Minds, Scientific American
Topics: Intelligence Meaning Success
Science and Religion Need Not Be at War
David Sloan Wilson’s agreement and disagreement with Jerry Coyne.
The Evolution Institute
Topics: David Sloan Wilson Evolution of Religion Faith Meaning Models of Science & Religion Naturalism
Where Americans Find Meaning in Life
Family is the most common source of meaning in America, but economic, religious, and political divides shape where people find meaning in other aspects of life.
Pew Research Center
Topics: Meaning
Against Moral Sainthood
As philosopher Susan Wolf argues, life is far more meaningful and rich if we do not aim at being morally perfect.
Aeon
Topics: Altruism Ethics Happiness Meaning Morality
The Universe, Meaning, Culture, Gratitude, and Human Nature
The Psychology Podcast recap for November 2018.
Topics: Cultural Evolution Gratitude Meaning Scott Barry Kaufman Universe
Are Your Political Beliefs Like a Religion?
A new way of thinking about religion suggests that the answer is yes.
Science on Religion
Topics: Meaning Ritual
When Does Living a Moral Life Lead to a Flourishing Life?
Not all meaningful and purposeful lives have the same basis or necessarily lead to flourishing.
Character & Context, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Topics: Flourishing Happiness Meaning Morality Purpose
Suicides Have Increased. Is This an Existential Crisis?
Sometimes people kill themselves because their lives lack meaning.
Gray Matter, The New York Times
Topics: Belonging Meaning Purpose
Why Is the World So Beautiful?
Nobel physicist Frank Wilczek sees beauty as a compass for truth, discovery, and meaning.
On Being
Topics: Beauty Meaning Reality
What Makes Positive Content Go Viral?
New research investigates why we share inspiring videos, articles, and social media posts.
Greater Good Magazine
Topics: Hope Meaning
The Believing Brain
The human brain has a compulsion to attribute meaning to what happens in our lives through a belief system.
All In The Mind, ABC Radio National
Topics: Agency Belief Brian Greene Cognition Meaning Spirituality
Finding Purpose for a Good Life. But Also a Healthy One
Happiness has little to do with it. Research suggests meaning in your life is important for well-being.
The Upshot, The New York Times
Topics: Meaning Purpose Resilience
Special Issue: Information, Matter, and Life
There are aspects of the relationship among information, matter, and life that deserve closer attention, that have a direct bearing on how we understand ourselves and our world — and so shape our moral and social lives.
The New Atlantis
Topics: Information Knowledge Meaning Technology
“Spiritual But Not Religious”: Inside America’s Rapidly Growing Faith Group
A new poll finds almost one in five Americans is spiritual but not religious.
Vox
Topics: Happiness Meaning Religiosity Spirituality
Americans Who Identify as Spiritual Feel More Gratitude and Life Satisfaction
A new report finds that even religion doesn’t guarantee life satisfaction if it isn’t undergirded by spirituality.
HuffPost
What Can We Learn From Near-Death Experiences?
Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin studied people’s stories of near-death experiences. He discusses what these people and experiences had in common and what can be learned from them.
Houston Matters
Topics: Consciousness Death Meaning Transformation
The Universe Doesn’t Care About Your ‘Purpose’
But you do. And you should.
The Stone, The New York Times
Topics: Meaning Purpose Universe
Don’t Believe in God? Maybe You’ll Try U.F.O.s
The less religious people are, the more likely they are to think aliens exist.
Topics: Meaning Religiosity Spirituality
How to Find Meaning in the Face of Death
The time between diagnosis and death presents an opportunity for “extraordinary growth.”
The Atlantic
Topics: Death Hope Meaning
How Positive Media Can Make Us Better People
Research sometimes suggests that movies and other media are a negative influence to rein in. But new studies highlight their potential to spread goodness on a wide scale.
Topics: Altruism Compassion Emotion Meaning
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