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How Life on Mars Will Look Depends on Our Collective Progress

Is it possible that we will one day colonize Mars? Certainly — efforts are already underway. Yet the nature of our lives there will be determined by who we are as a human race at that future time. Before we … Continue reading

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Why Are Humans Not Their Best Selves?

Why are we humans not at our best? Our fullest potential? Our creative potential? We, humans, are not at our full creative potential because we live in tension between survival and imagination. For most of history, our minds have been … Continue reading

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Most Humans Don’t Fully Understand Understanding — But They Believe They Do

I think that most people don’t understand understanding, and here’s why. Understanding is often treated as something simple — a matter of learning information, forming an opinion, or recognizing a pattern. But for humans, understanding is far more complex and … Continue reading

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