Sublime

George Loewenstein, the neuroeconomist, thinks that understanding the errors of the emotional brain will help policymakers develop plans that encourage people to make better decisions: "Our emotions are like software programs that evolved to solve important and recurring problems in our distant past," he says. "They are not always we

Par ses positions courageuses en faveur de la légalisation de la drogue et de la création d'un statut des prostitués des deux sexes, par celles plus convenues sur les sans-papiers et les conditions de vie des prisonniers, Frédéric Beigbeder était peu à peu devenu une sorte de Sartre des années 2010, ceci à la surprise générale et un peu à la sienne

I am a leftist focused on capital’s ravaging of our bodies, our democratic structures, and the living systems that support our collective existence.

Sara was so alarmed by the possibility of a global food shortage that she felt compelled to do something to help. So she quit her job at Morgan Stanley.

The priority of modern politics is economic growth. But humanity’s struggle towards material security will only be worthwhile if we understand and find ways to attenuate the psychological afflictions that appear to continue into, and are sometimes directly fostered by, conditions of abundance. The problems of the thirty or so rich countries describ

You say you’re born with the sociopathic strain that compels you to burn ants with a magnifying glass? Sure, fine, whatever. Be crazy. But if you are not this person, if you are more or less regular, we will spend the rest of your life teaching you to believe in the power of your mind over the matter of your body. This belief is vital to our existe

The paternalistic aspect lies in the claim that it is legitimate for choice architects to try to influence people’s behavior in order to make their lives longer, healthier, and better.

This expectation on the part of the Reagans that other people would care for their needs struck many people, right away, as remarkable, and was usually characterized as a habit of the rich. But of course it is not a habit of the rich, and in any case the Reagans were not rich: they, and this expectation, were the products of studio Hollywood, a sys