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Your Wellbeing Is Being Shaped by People You've Never Met
A groundbreaking social network study found that even a stranger three degrees away can make you happier, heavier, or healthier.
 • Michael Kovnat
The Nazis Gave This Fake Spy an Iron Cross. Your Brain Runs the Same Play.
A social psychologist explains how your brain fabricates the story it calls "reality."
 • Michael Kovnat
Magicians Have Used This One Trick on You for Centuries
A philosopher who's studied questions for two decades reveals why the ones you ask matter more than the answers you get.
 • Michael Kovnat
Here Come the Robots
Plus: how your beliefs shape your world and how you can make self-discipline effortless.
 • Michael Kovnat
The Secret Bunker Plan for When a Bioweapon Ends Society
A investigative reporter's new book reveals the classified program built to outlive a pandemic that kills most of us.
 • Michael Kovnat
The Word for that Feeling You Get From a Warm Coffee Cup
A media scholar explains why touching, hearing, and noticing the world matters more than you think.
 • Michael Kovnat and Ian Bogost
The Exact Temperature Where Your Mind Works Best
A psychology professor explains why your mood shifts with the light, the heat, and the seasons, and what to do about it.
 • Michael Kovnat
The Stopwatch Trick Behind One of Business's Most Prolific Minds
An entrepreneur who turned 100 days of rejection into a movement shares his approach to loving the process.
 • Michael Kovnat and Jia Jiang
August's Must-Read Nonfiction
New month, new books, as selected by the team at Next Big Idea Club.
 • Panio Gianopoulos

July 2026

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