Philosophy
AI: Mass hysteria over genetic AI or social progress?
AI
5/21/26
AI: Mass hysteria over genetic AI or social progress?
AI
5/21/26
Trauma, the nervous system and the Bambi reflex: Pete Walker’s Fawn Response in childhood trauma
Trauma, the nervous system and the Bambi reflex
5/19/26
Trauma, the nervous system and the Bambi reflex: Pete Walker’s Fawn Response in childhood trauma
Trauma, the nervous system and the Bambi reflex
5/19/26
The Loneliness Machine: Social Isolation, Loneliness and Inequality in Neoliberal Capitalism
The Loneliness Machine
5/18/26
The Loneliness Machine: Social Isolation, Loneliness and Inequality in Neoliberal Capitalism
The Loneliness Machine
5/18/26
AI-associated psychosis: When chatbots exacerbate delusions to the point of AI psychosis
AI-associated psychosis
5/15/26
AI-associated psychosis: When chatbots exacerbate delusions to the point of AI psychosis
AI-associated psychosis
5/15/26
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum: Machines, Computers, Artificial Intelligence and Their Effect on Us
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum
5/11/26
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum: Machines, Computers, Artificial Intelligence and Their Effect on Us
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum
5/11/26
No Contact: Why Gen Z is cutting ties with friends and parents
No Contact
5/8/26
No Contact: Why Gen Z is cutting ties with friends and parents
No Contact
5/8/26
Babies: The Unconscious and the Intersubjective
Babies
5/6/26
Babies: The Unconscious and the Intersubjective
Babies
5/6/26
The Psychology of Digital Media: When smartphones, digital communication and social media shape our minds, communication and relationships
The Psychology of Digital Media
5/5/26
The Psychology of Digital Media: When smartphones, digital communication and social media shape our minds, communication and relationships
The Psychology of Digital Media
5/5/26
Scrotox: Botox for the testicles, the beauty trend for the intimate area
Scrotox
4/30/26
Scrotox: Botox for the testicles, the beauty trend for the intimate area
Scrotox
4/30/26
AI: Myths, Awareness and Misconceptions
AI
4/28/26
AI: Myths, Awareness and Misconceptions
AI
4/28/26
Alcohol as a cultural asset: Alcohol consumption and its social role in Western societies
Alcohol as a cultural asset
4/27/26
Alcohol as a cultural asset: Alcohol consumption and its social role in Western societies
Alcohol as a cultural asset
4/27/26
Emotionally absent parents: consequences for children
Emotionally absent parents
4/21/26
Emotionally absent parents: consequences for children
Emotionally absent parents
4/21/26
The Myth of the Dragon Slayer: A Cultural Analysis
The Myth of the Dragon Slayer
4/24/26
The Myth of the Dragon Slayer: A Cultural Analysis
The Myth of the Dragon Slayer
4/24/26
Solitude or loneliness?
Solitude
4/20/26
Solitude or loneliness?
Solitude
4/20/26
The Machine and Its Staff: Why Every Episode of SOKO Makes You a Little Dumber
The Machine and Its Staff
4/17/26
The Machine and Its Staff: Why Every Episode of SOKO Makes You a Little Dumber
The Machine and Its Staff
4/17/26
The Aesthetics of Commodities According to Wolfgang Fritz Haug – What MrBeast Has to Do with It
The Aesthetics of Commodities
4/10/26
The Aesthetics of Commodities According to Wolfgang Fritz Haug – What MrBeast Has to Do with It
The Aesthetics of Commodities
4/10/26
Collien Fernandes speaks: The outrage surrounding allegations against her ex-husband through the lens of psychoanalysis
Collien Fernandes
4/9/26
Collien Fernandes speaks: The outrage surrounding allegations against her ex-husband through the lens of psychoanalysis
Collien Fernandes
4/9/26
Jacques Lacan, Psychoanalysis and the Subject: Suicide and the Fundamental Ethics of Psychoanalysis
Jacques Lacan, Psychoanalysis and the Subject
4/1/26
Jacques Lacan, Psychoanalysis and the Subject: Suicide and the Fundamental Ethics of Psychoanalysis
Jacques Lacan, Psychoanalysis and the Subject
4/1/26
Slowing down: Is ‘dusking’ the art of slowing down in a mindful life, or is it simply slowness as yet another trend towards greater well-being?
Slowing down
3/30/26
Slowing down: Is ‘dusking’ the art of slowing down in a mindful life, or is it simply slowness as yet another trend towards greater well-being?
Slowing down
3/30/26
Losing track of time whilst marvelling? The psychology of wonder
The psychology of wonder
3/19/26
Losing track of time whilst marvelling? The psychology of wonder
The psychology of wonder
3/19/26
The trend on TikTok: adults sucking on dummies to cope with stress
The trend on TikTok
3/20/26
The trend on TikTok: adults sucking on dummies to cope with stress
The trend on TikTok
3/20/26
Emotion and cultural influence
Emotion and cultural influence
3/18/26
Emotion and cultural influence
Emotion and cultural influence
3/18/26
Corporate Bullshit and the Meritocracy: When Companies Put on a Show Rather Than Communicate
Corporate Bullshit and the Meritocracy
3/17/26
Corporate Bullshit and the Meritocracy: When Companies Put on a Show Rather Than Communicate
Corporate Bullshit and the Meritocracy
3/17/26
Autism and the double empathy problem: Autistic people are not mind-blind or unempathetic
Autism and the double empathy problem
3/12/26
Autism and the double empathy problem: Autistic people are not mind-blind or unempathetic
Autism and the double empathy problem
3/12/26
AI: Disappointment after relief from artificial intelligence?
AI
3/4/26
AI: Disappointment after relief from artificial intelligence?
AI
3/4/26
Medieval female mysticism and death wish
Medieval
2/27/26
Medieval female mysticism and death wish
Medieval
2/27/26
Neoliberalism and the business of fear
Neoliberalism
2/26/26
Neoliberalism and the business of fear
Neoliberalism
2/26/26
Alpha waves: Our self-experience
Alpha waves
2/20/26
Alpha waves: Our self-experience
Alpha waves
2/20/26
Mindfulness, Buddhism, Capitalism: Purser's Critique of Spirituality
Mindfulness, Buddhism, Capitalism
2/13/26
Mindfulness, Buddhism, Capitalism: Purser's Critique of Spirituality
Mindfulness, Buddhism, Capitalism
2/13/26
Overcoming trauma: A fresh start even without forgiveness, reconciliation or pardon
Overcoming trauma
2/1/26
Overcoming trauma: A fresh start even without forgiveness, reconciliation or pardon
Overcoming trauma
2/1/26
Inner Freedom and Growth: Living and Growing Despite Pain
Inner Freedom and Growth
1/23/26
Inner Freedom and Growth: Living and Growing Despite Pain
Inner Freedom and Growth
1/23/26
Wellness trends for 2026: longevity and mindfulness shape regeneration
Wellness trends for 2026
1/12/26
Wellness trends for 2026: longevity and mindfulness shape regeneration
Wellness trends for 2026
1/12/26
Emotional reset: 2026 with clarity, energy and change in 10 steps
Emotional reset
1/13/26
Emotional reset: 2026 with clarity, energy and change in 10 steps
Emotional reset
1/13/26
TJ & Georgia: Toxic relationship caused by social media influencers on Instagram?
TJ & Georgia
11/17/25
TJ & Georgia: Toxic relationship caused by social media influencers on Instagram?
TJ & Georgia
11/17/25
Does Sora 2 make us more narcissistic – or does AI show us who we already are?
Sora 2
11/11/25
Does Sora 2 make us more narcissistic – or does AI show us who we already are?
Sora 2
11/11/25
Throning: Gen Z's new dating trend explained
Throning
11/7/25
Throning: Gen Z's new dating trend explained
Throning
11/7/25
Halloween: From Samhain, witches and art history
Halloween
10/28/25
Halloween: From Samhain, witches and art history
Halloween
10/28/25
The Reverse Bucket List: Satisfaction with what you have already experienced, renunciation, and your happiness
The Reverse Bucket List
10/30/25
The Reverse Bucket List: Satisfaction with what you have already experienced, renunciation, and your happiness
The Reverse Bucket List
10/30/25
AI empathy: human or artificial? Here, too, ChatGPT fails, as does artificial intelligence as a whole.
AI empathy: human or artificial?
10/21/25
AI empathy: human or artificial? Here, too, ChatGPT fails, as does artificial intelligence as a whole.
AI empathy: human or artificial?
10/21/25
Victor of Aveyron: The True Story of the Wolf Boy
Victor of Aveyron
10/24/25
Victor of Aveyron: The True Story of the Wolf Boy
Victor of Aveyron
10/24/25
The Lukewarm Trance of Rumination and Worrying — How Overthinking Numbs the Mind and How to Wake Up
Rumination
10/16/25
The Lukewarm Trance of Rumination and Worrying — How Overthinking Numbs the Mind and How to Wake Up
Rumination
10/16/25
Do You Stink? Whole-body deodorants generate insecurity in the age of the “Exposed Self” and profit from it.
Do You Stink?
10/14/25
Do You Stink? Whole-body deodorants generate insecurity in the age of the “Exposed Self” and profit from it.
Do You Stink?
10/14/25
Trauma and Time Perception: Techniques for Mindful Presence
Trauma and Time Perception
10/10/25
Trauma and Time Perception: Techniques for Mindful Presence
Trauma and Time Perception
10/10/25
Fairy Smut: What’s behind the phenomenon?
Fairy Smut
9/26/25
Fairy Smut: What’s behind the phenomenon?
Fairy Smut
9/26/25
AI Slop: Artificial intelligence, digital videos and AI rubbish on the internet and on TikTok & Co.
AI Slop
9/22/25
AI Slop: Artificial intelligence, digital videos and AI rubbish on the internet and on TikTok & Co.
AI Slop
9/22/25
Boredom: Brain, creativity and the power of doing nothing
Boredom
9/10/25
Boredom: Brain, creativity and the power of doing nothing
Boredom
9/10/25
404 – 12 signs that the "nice listicle" on a page is not nice at all, but cheap SEO rubbish
nice listicle
9/5/25
404 – 12 signs that the "nice listicle" on a page is not nice at all, but cheap SEO rubbish
nice listicle
9/5/25
Occam’s Razor: Ockham Explained in Philosophy
Occam’s Razor
8/29/25
Occam’s Razor: Ockham Explained in Philosophy
Occam’s Razor
8/29/25
Mindfulness without incense sticks - Sit down and nothing else
Mindfulness without incense sticks
8/26/25
Mindfulness without incense sticks - Sit down and nothing else
Mindfulness without incense sticks
8/26/25
Despair: causes and what to do in a mental health crisis
Despair
8/21/25
Despair: causes and what to do in a mental health crisis
Despair
8/21/25
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