
S2E79 | The Surprising Story Behind 10,000 Steps
There are moments in human history when the most arbitrary of numbers take on the weight of divine commandment, and few examples serve this truth better than our modern obsession with ten thousand ste...
15 Jul 20256min

S2E77 | What Makes Life Worth Living? Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times
I find myself returning, again and again, to this question that has haunted philosophers since time immemorial: what constitutes a meaningful life? Not happiness, mind you—though happiness may follow—...
15 Jul 20257min

S2E75 | Why Changing Careers Feels Like Betraying Yourself
I find myself thinking often about the curious phenomenon of career change, this peculiar modern anxiety that seems to grip us when we consider abandoning one path for another. It strikes me as odd th...
14 Jul 20256min

S2E76 | Transforming Rage Into Power
I find myself, at this very moment, contemplating the curious nature of anger—that most human of emotions which visits us all, yet which we so poorly understand. Just yesterday, I observed my neighbor...
14 Jul 20256min

S2E74 | Think About Universal Basic Income
I find myself drawn to contemplate this curious notion that has captured the imagination of our age: the idea that every citizen might receive money from the state without condition, without labor, wi...
13 Jul 20256min

S2E73 | Why We Pay So Much Tax
I was examining my monthly salary statement the other day, that peculiar document which arrives with such regularity that we have grown accustomed to its presence, much like the changing of seasons or...
13 Jul 20257min

S2E71 | The Stanford Prison Experiment Was FAKE
When I first heard tell of Philip Zimbardo's famous prison experiment at Stanford, conducted in the summer of 1971, I confess I was much impressed by its dramatic revelations about human nature. Here,...
12 Jul 20256min

S2E72 | Why Crypto Makes Me Question Everything I Know About Money
I find myself, at this peculiar moment in human history, contemplating the strange phenomenon of digital coins that exist nowhere and everywhere at once. What curious creatures we are, to have invente...
12 Jul 20257min



















