Category: Featured

Words As Locks & Keys

Words also aren’t as arbitrary as we used to believe. When shown two shapes, one sharp and one rounded, and asked to label each one kiki or bouba, almost everyone—across diverse cultures— agrees that kiki is sharp and bouba is round.

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The Thing Within Us That Lives Off Conflict

Like cats, looking for a fight, we have a thing within us that lives off of conflict.

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Don’t Turn the TV Off at Halftime: Kendrick Lamar May Teach a Lesson about Anger

The rap battle between Kendrick and Drake shows the power of anger. In anticipation of Lamar’s Super Bowl appearance, this post explores how Lamar processed the anger on his latest album, GNX.

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The Girl Who Runs Up The Stairs: How This Horror Movie Trope Helps Us Cope with Political Chaos

You don’t have to stop a raging river. You can be a boat that helps someone across it. You don’t have to change the world. You just need to show up and make a difference where you can.

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11 Ways to Be a Light in the Darkness

At the end of his life, Buddha encouraged his followers to be lights unto themselves because his light was about to go out and there was still plenty of path they needed to walk.

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