Are We Trading Our Happiness for Modern Comforts?
As society gets richer, people chase the wrong things.
The Atlantic
Topics: Happiness Meaning Progress Purpose
National Well-Being Before and During the Pandemic
The toll of COVID-19 on flourishing.
Human Flourishing, Psychology Today
Topics: Flourishing Happiness Meaning Purpose Social Relationships
The Clocklike Regularity of Major Life Changes
Transitions feel like an abnormal disruption to life, but in fact they are a predictable and integral part of it.
Topics: Happiness Meaning Purpose
Once Religious, Always Religious?
Meaning Making, Psychology Today
Topics: Meaning Religiosity Religious Change
3 Ways to Leverage Boredom and Change Your Life
Bored out of your mind? Here are three tricks to use that feeling to your advantage.
Inverse
Topics: Agency Meaning Purpose
How Purpose Changes Across Your Lifetime
Purpose is not a destination, suggests research, but a journey and a practice.
Greater Good Magazine
Topics: Aging Meaning Purpose
How COVID-19 Could Inspire Us to a Better Future
COVID-19 created new ways of working together overnight, but as restrictions are eased, what we do now and what comes next matters.
Pursuit
Topics: Bonding Meaning Resilience
How Non-Religious Worldviews Provide Solace in Times of Crisis
With the number of declared ‘non-believers’ growing worldwide, researchers sought to discover what beliefs the irreligious turn to when times are tough.
The Conversation
Topics: Atheism Belief Coping Meaning
Healthy Dose of Religion
Regularly attending religious services associated with lower risk of deaths of despair, Chan School study says.
The Harvard Gazette
Topics: Death Hope Meaning Religiosity Resilience
Self-Actualizing in the 21st Century: A Q&A With Scott Barry Kaufman
In his newest book, psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman updates Abraham Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs for the twenty-first century.
Behavioral Scientist
Topics: Meaning Purpose Scott Barry Kaufman
The Global Flourishing Study
Seeking input on the next critical steps in the study of well-being.
Topics: Flourishing Happiness Meaning Purpose Religiosity Spirituality
Post-Traumatic Growth: Finding Meaning and Creativity in Adversity
Resilience and strength can often be attained through unexpected routes.
Beautiful Minds, Scientific American
Topics: Creativity Meaning Resilience Scott Barry Kaufman
Book Review: A Physicist’s Grand Tour of the Universe
In Until the End of Time, Brian Greene explores a stunning array of human thought, from evolution to consciousness.
Undark
Topics: Brian Greene Consciousness Cosmic Origins Free Will Meaning Universe
The Three Equations for a Happy Life, Even During a Pandemic
“How to Build a Life” is a new column that aims to give you the tools you need to construct a life that feels whole and meaningful.
Topics: Happiness Meaning Purpose Values
On Coronavirus Lockdown? Look for Meaning, Not Happiness
Why cultivating “tragic optimism” will help us weather this crisis — and even grow from it.
The New York Times
Topics: Coping Happiness Hope Meaning Optimism Resilience
Physicist Brian Greene: ‘Factual Information Is Not the Right Yardstick for Religion’
The theoretical physicist on distinguishing between fact and opinion, why he’d travel forward in time instead of back, and the value of religion.
The Guardian
Topics: Brian Greene Meaning Nature of Time Purpose Religiosity Universe
Philosophy of Cosmology
Watch the interview series.
Closer To Truth
Topics: Big Bang Cosmic Inflation Meaning Multiverse Universe
Can the Universe Provide Us with the Meaning of Life?
Astronomy and space exploration might offer a new perspective on our purpose in the cosmos.
Scientific American
Topics: Avi Loeb Extraterrestrial Life Meaning Purpose Universe
The Profound Psychological Benefits of a Purposeful Life
A wealth of research suggests that living a purposeful life is key to emotional well-being, physical health, and extraordinary performance.
Forbes
Topics: Meaning Purpose
The Cabbage Roll Epiphany: Our Best Chance at Depolarizing the United States
Kurt Gray of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill unpacks a psychological and political phenomenon: reactive devaluation.
Big Think
Topics: Kurt Gray Meaning
Three Emerging Insights About Happiness
Researchers are exploring how our everyday thoughts and feelings contribute to our well-being.
Topics: Emotion Flourishing Happiness Meaning
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