Psychologist Susan Gelman compares how humans and animals categorize the world. Plus: Do people have immutable characteristics?
Literary scholar Eric McLuhan talks about the technique of mimesis and its use in ancient poetry.
Psychologist Susan Gelman discusses our tendency to believe that people have immutable characteristics.
Jordan Fraade argues that the city’s history as a trading hub fostered a culture of tolerance.
Daniel Ingram, author of Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, explains why enlightenment didn’t stop him—or the Buddha—from political activism. Plus: What is it like to be enlightened?
Journalist David Hoffman discusses the perils of bad intel from phony Soviet collaborators during the Cold War. Plus: The impact of the “billion dollar spy.”
David Kyuman Kim and George Lipsitz consider the author’s advice in his “letter to my nephew” essay. Plus: The inevitability of heartbreak.
Meditation teacher Daniel Ingram, author of Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, makes his claim for being an arhat.
Matt Lewis discusses the growing animosity towards news outlets. Plus: How to stop Trump.
David Hoffman discusses the impact on U.S. intelligence of Adolf Tolkachev, a Soviet engineer who passed valuable documents to the CIA during the Cold War.