Whole Foods Founder/CEO John Mackey: Philosophy taught me how to THINK. Full episode in the link above.

"In one particularly cute demonstration of sex differences, Joyce Benenson and colleagues (2019) had children ages 3-5 evaluate two colorings of a house—one messy and one neat—and asked the children how many stickers they wanted to award each coloring. Boys were more likely to

"People higher in the belief that words can harm tended to be younger, female, non-White, and politically liberal. The WCHS was associated with self-reported intellectual humility, empathy, moral grandstanding, and the belief in the importance of silencing others." "Individuals

Women, if you go on a date with a young man, he is 16x more likely to go home and hurt himself than hurt you. - Scott Galloway

Cannot overestimate what a mid-afternoon run can do to boost mood, evaporate drowsiness, get out of a funk.

It was 10 years ago today that Twitter changed from Favorites being stars to being hearts. I still miss the stars.

I can't believe it took me so long to get to this, but it was worth the wait. I heard Alex Honnold mention this on Huberman as the best sports autobiography ever, and thought it was time. What a brilliant book.

A few takeaways from a recent study on interacting with strangers: Smile when you cross paths with someone. Say hello. A simple wave. Make eye contact. Small talk with the barista or cashier. You will feel better, and they will too. Put down your phone and be a human.

Grading essay #3 internal monologue: "This isn't bad. Decent structure, clear enough, examples." Offers comments. Grading essay #8: "Also not bad. Decent structure, examples...wait..." AI. Now my comments on #3 look naive and stupid, like I fell for a trick. One of the hardest

1. Recent work suggests that signaling victimhood is a route to status: people excuse the bad behavior of victim signalers, defer to them, and share resources with them. In a new paper, we find that the victim signaling approach to status comes at a reputational cost.

Dead-on accurate diagnosis of the current discipline of philosophy. I'm proud of what I've published so far, but if you care about more than just filling the infinite logical space of arguments for journal editor approval, the professionalization of the field can be de-motivating

Put away the scorecard. If you go your whole life giving more than you get, that's ok. - Scott Galloway

Did anyone else see Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein and come away thinking it's a once-in-a-generation masterpiece? Blown away. One of the best films I've ever seen.