Every profession contains humble work that looks expendable from above. The junior analyst gathers figures. The new lawyer organizes documents. The beginning marketer drafts variants. The research assistant cleans data. These tasks are easy targets... Read More

When I studied anthropology in the 1980s as an undergraduate, the evidence for our species living with other Homo human populations began and ended with the Neanderthals. Back then, based on the fossil dating, Neanderthals... Read More

Ten years ago, I watched a video of a hostage execution during the Iraq War. What stayed with me wasn't the violence — it was the calm of the perpetrators. They weren't frenzied or remorseful.... Read More

Two students are walking down the hallway, in opposite directions, and an administrator looks on. The students are of different races, different genders, and one is crying. In that moment, the student who feels fine... Read More

It's 2:17 a.m. A patient sits in an emergency observation room after telling a physician that they intend to end their life when they leave the hospital. They answer questions coherently, understand the risks of... Read More

Atheism. It is a simple word for many people around the world; it simply means not believing in any creator or deity. That's it. You can be an atheist with minimal issues in Sweden, China... Read More

Most of us have encountered situations where we thought of the perfect reply to an argument after the fact, when it was too late. Denis Diderot describes this phenomenon in his essay “Paradox of the... Read More