I don’t know about you, but ever since I can remember – from my early teens – I have been bemused about the endless rituals we humans perform; and even more so about what can and can’t be said about ...

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How have the unsaid understandings between people moulded us - our society, history, culture? In his new book, the Harvard psychologist digs for answers. We laugh at the same jokes (usually for the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. What was it about the televised presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in June 2024 that made ...

Listen, I'm not unaware that I'm entering the middle stage of my life, and things I take for granted might be outdated or whatever... but every week or two, someone posts in our neighborhood group ...

Before boarding a flight to South Africa in 2013, Justine Sacco sent a sardonic joke to her 170 Twitter followers: “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding—I’m white!” By the time her ...

Common knowledge, Pinker shows, can make sense of many of life’s enigmas.

Steven Pinker’s new book perfectly encapsulates what a contradictory figure he has become. Much of it is a clear, fascinating explanation of a major psychological phenomenon. But then he starts ...