I am not myself religious, but let us consider the possible gulf between behavior and doctrine amongst those who are. It has long struck me as a kind of mini-puzzle why people feel so much grief for the departed, at least for the departed who are supposed to be headed for heaven (and yes there […] T...
Curiosity is a cure for certainty. It’s also the enemy of humility, modesty, and self-doubt. Adam Phillips explains
"There is no place more intimate than the spirit alone."
Why we need richer, thicker interfaces and better boundary objects for collaborative planning with agents
I’ve just put up an essay by Arjun and me — a sketch of the earlier history of the debates we discuss in Against Money.…
New Evidence on Factor Returns in Good and Bad Times
Notes Toward an Autopsy of Anti-Zionism
Reviewing Gavin Ortlund’s book. Or, more precisely, using the excuse of reviewing Gavin Ortlund’s book to provide a comp…
But you should probably do it anyway
Mark Solms on feelings, dreams, and the brainstem
I was entranced by this painting by Rene Magritte I saw in the Courtauld earlier. A convoluted Lacanian reading comes to mind about the fracturing of the Imaginary, but rather than analyse it to death I’d rather linger on the incredibly specific feeling it evoked in me: not sadness but a sense of st...
Read slowly. There is no hurry.