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Never Enough: Can self-improvement really fix us?
Self-improvement has a dark side. We become anxious about our performance, and even when we make gains, we wonder what’s next.
Screen Fatigue: How to be human in the digital age
We’re bored and addicted to our phones. Buying a dumbphone or reducing screen time isn’t enough. What if the problem is deeper? Less than 20 years after the birth of the iPhone, screens have become the dominant presence in modern life. We work, plan, socialise, read, and entertain ourselves through them. Barely a minute goes […]
The Case Against Secularism: Why faith makes sense in the modern age
Are we really better off in a society without faith? And how can we find significance for our lives in secularism’s crumbling shadow?
The Age of Self-Obsession: Is narcissism slowly destroying us?
What is the real path to happiness if not a focus on ourselves and how can we begin to find freedom through self-forgetfulness?
The Burnout Generation: How to flourish in a weary age
Why are we so weary? Our diaries are packed. But is the problem deeper than that? How do we find contentment in a world of overactivity?
How can men flourish in the modern age?
How can men understand themselves, and seek to be better men, in a world in which the idea of masculinity is so divisive, disparaged and unclear?
The Anxious Generation: will we ever find peace?
Millennials and Gen Z are reportedly experiencing higher levels of anxiety than any generation before them. Anxiety feels ever-present in modern western culture. What's causing this?
Christianity: Poison or Antidote?
Religion causes so many of humanity's greatest problems. Division. Intolerance. Conflict. And yet, religious people report higher levels of personal satisfaction and meaning. How can both be true? Is Christianity part of the problem or is it the solution?
When did we all become so joyless?
Self-care, healthy eating, focusing on what an awesome human I am...I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of all the pointless activities I’m told to follow to counteract the joyless world we live in. We all feel it and the data shows it: unhappiness is on the increase in our society. So what on earth can we do about it?