We use stories to make sense of the world. What that means is that when events occur that don’t fit neatly into a narrative, we can’t make sense of them. As a consequence, these sorts o…

I recently heard a phrase I love: Mental liquidity.

How many hours per day can you stare at your phone before you qualify for a 12-step program? Eight? Four? Twenty? One? Here’s the truth: Screen time doesn’t ...

It turns out there’s a basic strategy that seems to apply in the pursuit of most desires, from hosting your first dinner party to starting a shoe store.

In the first two parts of this series, we talked about the archetypes that inhabit organizations (Sociopaths, Losers, Clueless), what they do (the Gervais Principle) and how (the four languages). I…

An introduction to René Girard's theory of mimetic desire, by the author of "Wanting", Luke Burgis. Here's why people want what they want.