Psychology & Self-help

The thing about success is that it messes with your brain. It messes with other people’s brains, too.

A Simple Framework for Making Better Decisions

Our brains are constantly working and making decisions can be exhausting, impacting the quality of our choices.

Symptoms of this dysfunctional team strategy may include last-minute iterations and soul aches.

You walk into a grocery store and see two cereal options:

There is only one characteristic that separates them from others.

In describing how they remember their lines, actors are telling us an important truth about memory.

Reversing the link between intellectual excitability and unhappiness.

How memorability improves the rate of learning and how you can design for it

Multitasking just isn’t as effective as we think

Scientists have begun to study how reading fiction affects your brain. Spoiler alert: the news is very good

What happens when you go beyond the visuals

The Portal between Dublin and New York City was unveiled to moderate fanfare on the 8th of May 2024. It is a large, Stargate-like screen on…

Big firms and wealthy individuals are just as prone to making bad decisions as anyone else

I am sure you know this feeling. You find a new book that you absolutely love. A new movie, a new TV series or even a new hobby such as cycling or designing. It can be anything and everything.

The impact of product design on long-term behaviour is both significant and extensive. Digital products, such as smartphones and apps, have…

When you’re studying for a class, I typically recommend distributed practice for maximum retention, but there are times when blocked practice, its opposite, can be helpful.

A Design-Enthusiast’s Approach to Epistemology

Your personality, skills, likes, and dislikes change over time — but that change isn’t out of your control. What can you do to become the version of yourself that you most want to be? Start by acknowledging the differences between your past, current, and future selves. Next, imagine your desired future self: Set goals that are as clear and specific as possible to maximize your chances of achieving them. Finally, develop (and re-develop) an identity narrative consistent with the person you want to become — and share that story with others! Your identity drives your behavior, which over time creates your personality. So start acting like the best version of yourself, and you will become that person.

Sharing a useful method I learned in therapy regarding how to rationally and objectively view yourself and your problems

New promising research combining biofeedback tools and AI to improve designers' metacognitive skills

Supercharge your learning and become smarter by using the Feynman Technique. Devised by a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, it leverages the power of teaching for better learning.

From mirrors to Zoom calls and TikToks, we are constantly faced with our own reflections – and it is completely changing the way we conceive of ourselves

The fine art of balancing attention and intention

Reading the news doesn't make us informed, just the opposite. And our obsession with being informed makes it hard to think long term.

When it comes to unlocking great outcomes, avoiding stupidity is more reliable than seeking brilliance.

The ecologist Garrett Hardin explores the three filters (Literacy, Numeracy, and Ecolacy) that help us interpret reality, avoid folly, and exploit unrecognized simplicity. Let's take a look.