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Today’s thoughtRead the story“What stands in the way becomes the way.”
— Marcus Aurelius · via Tiny Buddha
Many people are concerned about how artificial intelligence technology could affect our lives going forward. Will it create new jobs or take away people’s livelihoods? Enhance children’s learning or hamper it? Expand people’s views or…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)Though Djurdja Padejski was raised in communist Yugoslavia, her life there felt stable and uneventful for a long time. In the 1980s, under Yugoslavia’s “soft” one-party government, Padejski and her friends read Western literature, watched…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)I love the idea of being a runner. In 75 minutes a week, I can reap the benefits of listening to uplifting music, getting out in nature, and getting morning outdoor light, all while exercising my dogs and getting enough cardio to…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)Joy! What a beautiful way to start the school year, not only because it feels good, but also because science shows that joy is linked closely to learning, as well as individual and collective flourishing. We asked Greater Good Education…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)Across the Western world, young men and boys face a changing economy, with fewer manual labor jobs and factory floors that used to give a swathe of working-class men purpose and value. This leaves a large portion of recent generations…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)Body changes can raise disturbing feelings, such as looking in a mirror and seeing a reflection that may feel spiritually empty, unproductive, ugly, or weak. Unpleasant sensations such as pain, pins and needles, soreness coursing through…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)For centuries, defining and understanding consciousness has eluded neuroscientists, philosophers, and doctors. Is consciousness what it means to be alive? Is it knowing who we are, as individual people? How do we know if any being has…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)As numerous surveys suggest, people today often feel overwhelmed by new technology, global crises, and loneliness. What do the nation’s psychologists recommend? At the annual convention of the American Psychological Association last month…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)When someone takes his own life, the grief of parents, lovers, children, and friends can be unspeakable. At a memorial for one young suicide I attended a few years ago, the father of the deceased could barely walk to the altar to light a…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)A new study by researchers at UC Berkeley’s Center for Global Healthy Cities published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open found that the California city of Richmond’s Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) was…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)Some forms of distress at work are easy to recognize because they interrupt someone’s daily performance and the work of those around them: For example, a person on your team becomes visibly exhausted, they are irritable, or they’re…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)When I’m producing a documentary, one of my favorite parts of the process is the moment when a bit of our footage sticks to me. Permanently. I never know when it will happen, but it always does. The sticky bit could be a snippet of…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)When the Stanford Center on Longevity launched in 2007, founding director Laura Carstensen spent a lot of time correcting misperceptions. “The initial response people had was, ‘Like the Methuselah Foundation? You are going to extend…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)Parenting a teen can sometimes make you nostalgic for the early years, when you could still scoop up a frustrated toddler and redirect her with bubbles. In the teen years, sweet hugs can provoke eye rolls; a well-intentioned “How was your…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)Finding love is big business (a multi-billion–dollar industry), and artificial intelligence is transforming that business. Dating apps are increasingly outsourcing user matching to AI. Recent examples range from Overtone, an AI-powered…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)Our monthly Happiness Calendar is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we’re offering a special Happiness & Connection Calendar in partnership with the US Chamber of Connection—and we hope it inspires you to invite someone to…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)Over the past two decades, my doctoral students and I have focused on studying love, care, kindness, and compassion in urban settings. Why? Because social science research on life in America’s cities is desperately incomplete. Much like…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)Polarization is a fact of political life in the U.S. today. Gen Z, however, is less inclined than older generations to view it as a permanent fixture in American politics, according to research by students in the Stanford political science…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)Liz Cahill was born and raised in Philadelphia. Her whole family is from Philadelphia, going back generations. One day, she was offered an internship in the Bay Area and decided to make the leap, despite not knowing anything about it or…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)Imagine you’re on a plane and suddenly hear an explosion. The whole plane rattles, and you see the left engine is on fire. After another loud noise, you realize there’s a hole in the side of the aircraft. As air rushes out, the plane is…
Read on Greater Good Magazine (opens in a new tab)Articles are summarized from each publisher’s public RSS feed and belong to them. Follow the links to read the full pieces on their sites. Special thanks to Tiny Buddha for its daily wisdom.
