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Become this delicate earth gardening Erraticus
(Vardan Harutyunyan)
Culture Ideas 

Become This Delicate Skin of the Earth

July 28, 2019June 1, 2020 4 min read Jeanell Innerarity Death, Environmentalism, Gardening

When we each return to the earth, we can be secure in knowing that we are part of the grand planetary story, not separate from it.

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Happiness Precedes Success and Achievement Erraticus Image by Andreas Klassen
(Andreas Klassen)
Ideas Psychology 

Happiness Precedes Success and Achievement

June 10, 2019October 7, 2021 6 min read Lisa C. Walsh, Julia K. Boehm, and Sonja Lyubomirsky Achievement, Emotional Well-Being

Our cultural institutions have the story backwards. Focus on well-being instead of achievement, and success will follow.

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The Adversity Score Is a Poor Fix for a Problematic Test Erraticus Image by Ben Mullins
(Ben Mullins)
Education Ideas 

The ‘Adversity Score’ Is a Poor Fix for a Problematic Test

May 29, 2019April 30, 2021 7 min read Leigh Patel Inequality, Racism, Schooling

The SAT adversity score will be an inadequate remedy for a test that has been inequitable and dubious from the start.

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Emotional Labor Long Undervalued Safe from Automation Erraticus Image by Zach Vessels
(Zach Vessels)
Ideas Science & Tech 

Emotional Labor, Long Undervalued, Is Safe from Automation

May 20, 2019June 1, 2020 5 min read Henry Cowles Automation, Emotional Intelligence, Gender

Emotional labor is common to historically underpaid jobs held mostly by women. How will the rise of automation change the way it’s valued?

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How Medieval Monks Might Manage Digital Distractions Erraticus Image
("Franciscan Monks in the Cloister of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli" by Jodocus Sebastiaen van den Abeele)
Ideas Philosophy 

How Medieval Monks Would’ve Managed Digital Distractions

April 28, 2019April 30, 2021 7 min read Jamie Kreiner Mindfulness

Medieval monks didn’t have smartphones but they had plenty of distractions. Here are a few ways in which they strengthened their focus.

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Precariousness of Socities without Moralizing Gods Erraticus Image by Jonathan Pielmayer
(Jonathan Pielmayer)
Ideas Religion 

The Precariousness of Societies Without Moralizing Gods

March 22, 2019March 27, 2021 5 min read Jeffrey Howard History, Politics

The answer to whether complex civilizations or moralizing gods came first has significant ramifications for how we address social ills today.

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A Pragmatic Approach to Ideas

An online publication focused on human flourishing, taking a pragmatic approach to ideas. We care about ideas that help us to live well together, focusing on their practical consequences.

 

“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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