Language

The Staying Power of Poetry

当我们这个时代最伟大的诗人之一Louise Glück获得诺贝尔文学奖时,我很高兴。我写了一首我一直以来最喜欢的诗,“伊萨卡”,为本周的“为什么诗歌很重要”这一集,路易斯做了嘉宾!

On Awesomeness

Is “awesome” just an overused word for things we like? Or does it refer to a particular kind of excellence? Would the world be a better place if we all tried to be more awesome and less sucky? This week, we’re thinking about awesomeness.

The Philosophy of the Vienna Circle

Is metaphysics just a bunch of nonsense? Is it okay to believe something you could never prove? Could logic be a solution to the world’s problems? This week on Philosophy Talk, we’re thinking about the Vienna Circle, a group of Austrian philosophers from the 1920s who debated these questions.

Another Reason Zoom Is So Draining

There is a particular dead-eyed, mind-numbing exhaustion I feel at the end of every video meeting I’ve ever attended. Zoom is exhausting for many reasons, but the most important one is that it is missing a fundamental piece of social interaction—joint attention.

The Value of Metaphor in a Pandemic

隐喻是人类最伟大的表达工具之一。它们可以拥有巨大的情感力量,可以让我们在如何概念化世界的过程中团结起来。但我们还没有一个好的比喻可以提供丰富和具有变革性的方式来思考全球流行病。