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Optimism and pessimism both have their merits, but we need a dose of realism
There is a lot to be said for our own experience, but it has obvious limitations
Everything has a cost, whether we are making a political choice or a purchase
People’s life evaluations dip between their twenties and fifties, only to then improve
As the US president is learning, more ponderous forces may reassert themselves
The physicist, unlike so many experts, knew how to communicate difficult ideas
The inclusion rider is a clever nudge to bring more women and minorities to the screen
Yes/No votes give the snake-oil peddlers an edge and hold nobody accountable
But simply letting them go to the wall may not be the panacea it might seem
Our initial impressions are reinforced by others — and can be hijacked for political ends
Investors should work to a long timescale rather than the frenetic fast-twitch world
Dubious numbers and false claims fill our daily lives. Here’s how to decipher the barrage of statistical propaganda
The status quo is comfortable, especially for the people who get to call the shots
There may be more to life than cash, but should the pursuit of wellbeing guide policy?
Antitrust authorities should not be making life easy for incumbents
It is easy to laugh at past follies exaggerated for comic or sermonising effect
‘Slow email’ software works where your willpower does not
My three-point plan for a more efficient holiday season
Golding’s ‘The Spire’ offers eerie parallels with Britain’s withdrawal from the EU
Market forces are more powerful than any computer
Practitioners seem to be drawn to polysyllabic obfuscation like wasps to jam
The benefits of technologies such as self-driving cars will reveal themselves in time
The path of least resistance can easily direct people to do the wrong thing
It is not easy to see how a social media competitor could tempt us to migrate together
Corporate laboratories once bankrolled basic fundamental research of the highest importance