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Herbert Spencer’s “The Social Organism” (1860)

In 1860, Herbert Spencer, a prominent English philosopher and social theorist, presented a compelling...

You wake up in a safe bed, take a hot shower, make an instant...

We live with an intuitive and powerful conviction: that our eyes act like cameras,...

In the bustling central market of Bamako, Mali, a man searches for a piece...

Our modern world is saturated with debate. From parliamentary shouting matches to social media...

For over a century, the textbook image of a hunter-gatherer society has been a...

We all share a common understanding of how memory works. We believe that powerful,...

For centuries, philosophers and scientists have debated whether the newborn mind is a “blank...

There is a powerful and persistent myth of a prehistoric golden age: a time...

Think back to the music you loved as a teenager—the songs that defined your...