You're Not as Virtuous as You Think

A 1961 research project asked ordinary people to send extremely painful electric shocks to a stranger. (Unbeknownst to the participants, the fake shocks ...

Japanese Company Rents Instant Family and Friends

A Japanese business called "Family Romance" has actors for hire, ready and willing to be anything from your baby to your grandparent. "In ...

The Fallacy of Self-Supremacy

Pastor Daniel Schreiner from Portland, Oregon received the following marketing piece from a local fitness gym. It was called "The Year of You." ...

Missing a Groom, Italian Woman Decides to Symbolically 'Marry Herself'

Every little girl dreams of the day she gets to walk down the aisle in a white dress toward her "Prince Charming." But when a "Prince Charming" ...

An Unrealistic Search for the Perfect Soul Mate

In his book, This Is Our Time Trevin Wax relates the following story:

In his provocative book Modern Romance, the actor and comedian Aziz Ansari describes ...

This is the Age of the Narcissist

In "The Era of the Narcissist," Aaron Kheriaty points out the self-absorption of our era:

Of all the amazing features of the medieval cathedrals, ...

The Potent Poison of Pride

According to the National Geographic website (their kids' version that is) the Pufferfish can inflate into a ball shape to evade predators. Also known ...

Pope Francis Says Power Intoxicates Without Humility and Love

Did you know that the Pope gave a TED Talk? Whatever you think about the Catholic Church or it's current spiritual leader, he offered these biblically ...

Video Gamers Looking For Meaning, Order and Certainty

The numbers for the $101 billion (2024) video game industry are astonishing:

• 190 million Americans play video games.
• 61% of the US population plays a video game at least one hour a week.

'NY Times' Article on the Stories We Tell Ourselves

In a New York Times article titled "The Stories We Tell Ourselves," philosopher Todd May notes that we're often telling stories about ourselves—mainly ...