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Joe Hovde analyzed Amazon and Goodreads reviews to find which books people most often describe as 'life-changing.' The results are both predictable (self-help dominates) and surprisingly funny (some titles you wouldn't expect at all).
What does it mean to be serious? Visakan Veerasamy explores the difference between being serious and being solemn, why seriousness is shown rather than claimed, and how true character reveals itself over years—especially during difficult times.
People are less weird than they used to be. From crime rates to cult formation, from scientific breakthroughs to website design, deviance is declining across every sector of society. Adam Mastroianni asks: in becoming safer and richer, have we sacrificed the strange thinking that drives progress?