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Exploring the relationships between social justice discourse, inequality, and the rise of the symbolic professions.

Dr. Andrea Love, a biomedical scientist, covers the facts, the fiction, and the fraud behind science and health topics.

Lessons on unraveling the mysteries of your mind. Stories and science from the world’s first evidence-based game for self-awareness, emotion regulation and mental wellbeing.

A publication for deep feelers and the intellectually curious—essays that make readers feel understood in their grief, doubts, and complicated truths

On hiatus, indefinitely. Find me at @tanzpunk on Bluesky. Critical and prefigurative essays, podcasts, and videos on society and culture, technology, the environment, queer politics, and more, to help inspire a radically re-enchanted world.

What Works has moved! Find the full Substack archive along with new (and older) work at whatworks.fyi

A Substack where I ramble on about things I find interesting in life, whether it is humans, health, media etc.

A free weekly newsletter where Jon Haidt and his team make sense of how technology is reshaping society — and share insights on how we can build something better.

Writing that zooms out. New Means discusses politics in the broadest possible ways, from our neighborhoods to our workplaces to our religious lives to organizing to the ways we collectively think.

Casting a wide net on family, humanity, politics and the search for balance from a former NY Times editorial writer. Author of "Saving Ellen: A Memoir of Hope and Recovery" (Skyhorse, Spring 2025)

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An unprecedented insight into the life of an SLA.

New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Powers offers fresh thinking about how we can make big changes in our lives, communities and country.

Home of The Unspeakeasy Podcast and The Unspeakeasy Live, a weekly livestream on Thursday at 3 pm ET featuring nuanced AF conversations with guests, friends and audience members. Plus new writing and updates from Meghan Daum.

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Peak Notions is the ideologically exhausted person’s guide to untangling ideas, identity, and the chaos we live in

A newsletter for people thinking deeply about their work.

Human nature, psychology, social class, luxury beliefs, and more.

rising to the challenges faced by the modern male

Rebuilding a life and a writing practice after leaving academe.

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

A guide to navigating the digital age

Weekly musings on humans and the big rock we live on through a social sciences lens.

nonfiction reads for curious minds | science + education + current affairs + interesting people + history | reviews, recommendations, and curated selections

Friendship Expert Anna Goldfarb, author of MODERN FRIENDSHIP, explores the dynamics of connection through the lens of pop culture.

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Helping modern minds wrestle with ancient wisdom. Mostly Vendanta. Some Zen. A little Tao. Join 1k+ readers today.

I write about power, control and navigating narcissism in relationships, institutions and our own behaviours.

News at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, technology and business including Op-Eds, research summaries, guest contributions and valuable info about A.I. startups.

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improving social epistemology, rewarding reasoned discourse

Writing that analyzes non-fiction books touching on topics that range from politics, culture, history, and psychology. Along with summaries, the writing includes essays that help make sense of the overwhelming information in our world.

Bridging the two cultures of science and the humanities

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"Like one big group text with other guys fumbling their way through fatherhood." — Esquire

A digital “book club” for people who care about deepening their relationship with work, culture, and themselves.

People often feel sad and busy. I provide simple solutions for both, with humor, levity, and heart. It's in the say I way it.

Discovery, humor & reason without ideological baggage.

Great Books, Great Minds is a member-supported digital community with a mission of “Igniting a New World of Community, Connection, and Conversation, One Book at a Time

A Substack-featured newsletter about how to live a meaningful life in a chaotic, unstable world.

the economics and ecology of work, in a time of accelerating uncertainty in our lives, society, and business