Henri Bergson: Creative Evolution

How do we develop our sense of space? Henri Bergson questioned the very fabric of our reality in his revolutionary work - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

Aeon • 4h

Unbounded

In the early 20th century, Emmy Noether’s mathematics transcended the physical world. She longed to do the same herself - by Julia Ravanis Read on Aeon

Aeon • 4h

A kitchen metaphor

Colleagues you care about are coming over for dinner. What should you make? Some people don’t care if it’s delicious, as long as it’s interesting. Some don’t need it to be interesting, but it needs to start on time. Others define delicious differently than you do. One couple

Seth's Blog • 5h

The Fascinating Engineering of the Titanic: How the Great Ocean Liner Was Built

When many of us first learned of the RMS Titanic, it was presented first as one of history’s greatest ironies: the “unsinkable” ocean liner that went down on its maiden voyage. Of course, there’s a great deal more to the story, as anyone who becomes obsessed with the ill-fated

Open Culture • 5h

How to Read Books That Challenge Your Mind: Advice from Robert Greene, Author of The 48 Laws of Power

If you’ve fallen out of the habit of reading books, you’re certainly not alone. Consider how often posts circulate on social media (itself a big part of the problem) about studies showing a rapid increase in the number of people who don’t even get one book read per year. How

Open Culture • 6h

Roots and the Meaning of Life

They are so far out of sight for us, creatures of the upper world, that we don’t readily think of them. But as soon as we do, as soon as we plunge the mind into the cold dark hummus to which the body will one day return, they become a spell against despair and a consecration of

The Marginalian • 13h