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Their Home Not Mine Erraticus Iona McHaney
(Paula May)
Essays Society & Culture 

On Their Home, Not Mine

December 14, 2019December 23, 2020 Iona McHaney 0 Comments Community, Essential Reading, Nostalgia, Place

A “third culture kid,” now an adult, reflects on the unrelenting yearning she has for home and the struggle we face to live in the present.

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Wanderlust is a vice not a virtue erraticus image by Ibrahim Rifath
(Ibrahim Rifath)
Essays Featured Philosophy 

Wanderlust Is a Vice, Not a Virtue

April 15, 2019June 1, 2020 Christopher Porzenheim 0 Comments Ancient Wisdom, Essential Reading, Nostalgia, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Stoicism

Critiques of wanderlust by Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Stoics have far-reaching consequences for our ability to lead meaningful lives.

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Saudade Happy Melancholy Nostalgia for What is Absent Erraticus Image by Mauricio Santos
(Mauricio Santos)
Featured Ideas Society & Culture 

Saudade: Happy Melancholy, Nostalgia for What Is Absent

October 9, 2018June 1, 2020 Michael Amoruso 0 Comments Emotions, Language, Nostalgia

Portuguese speakers commonly boast that “saudade” is untranslatable. Does that mean certain emotion experiences can be unique to a particular culture?

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Reboots, Remakes, Revivals: Nostalgia in the Streaming Era
(Warner Bros. and Paragon Studios)
Arts Ideas 

Reboots, Remakes, Revivals: Nostalgia in the Streaming Era

January 3, 2017May 9, 2020 Heather Cazad 1 Comment Film, Nostalgia

Contemporary popular media seems to be powered by the fumes of nostalgia, and doesn’t appear to be changing course anytime soon. When should we let the past go, and when should we re-purpose television series and films to address our current challenges?

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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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