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Why Grown-Ups Need Playtime Too
In a world obsessed with optimization and performance, Piera Gelardi argues that curiosity, silliness, and spontaneity might be the real keys to…
10 hrs ago • Michael Kovnat and Piera Gelardi
Your Fear of Strangers Is Holding You Back More Than You Know
New research shows most of our worries about talking to strangers never come true—and the upside is bigger than you think.
May 18 • Michael Kovnat
The Case for Not Having All the Answers
This week's best ideas on uncertainty, change, and emotional resilience.
May 15 • Michael Kovnat
Forget Left vs. Right. Here's What Really Drives the Supreme Court
Sarah Isgur takes us inside the dynamics, data, and drama that actually determine how the Court rules.
May 14 • Michael Kovnat
How to Stay Steady When the World is Crazy
The inner quality that lets you care deeply, act boldly, and still keep your head.
May 13 • Michael Kovnat
The Skill Nobody Teaches You: How to Not Know
Uncertainty isn't going away. Here's how to make it work for you.
May 12 • Michael Kovnat and Simone Stolzoff
Why Your Haircut Costs More Every Year (And Your TV Set Costs Less)
A Planet Money journalist explains the invisible forces shaping what you earn, spend, and owe
May 11 • Michael Kovnat and Alex Mayyasi
6 Books That Will Change How You Think About the Planet
Hard truths and imaginative solutions for a world that needs both.
May 9 • Panio Gianopoulos
Want to be More Creative? Constrain Yourself.
This week we learned the power of limits, time-tracking, and... poop?
May 8 • Michael Kovnat
You've Been Pooping All Wrong (And It's Affecting Your Brain)
A gastroenterologist reveals how modern life broke your gut — and how to fix it
May 7 • Michael Kovnat
You Have Time to Read War and Peace (Here's the Math)
Most people think they're short on time. Laura Vanderkam thinks they're just telling themselves the wrong story.
May 6 • Michael Kovnat
The Workforce Is Aging. Here's Why That's Good News.
Companies that treat older workers as assets will outperform everyone else. Most aren't even trying.
May 5 • Michael Kovnat
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