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Free Minds for a Free Society

  1. 4 days ago

    How to Escape a Meaningless Life

    “One third of all the sorrow I must endure is unavoidable. It is the sorrow inherent in the human condition, the price we must pay for being sentient and self-conscious organisms, aspirants to liberation, but subject to the laws of nature and under orders to keep on marching, through irreversible time, through a world wholly […] The post How to Escape a Meaningless Life first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

    15 min

  2. 25 May

    Why You Should Pretend to Be Less Intelligent than You Are

    “Know how to appear the fool. The wisest sometimes play this card, and there are times when the greatest knowledge consists in appearing to lack knowledge. You mustn’t be ignorant, just feign ignorance.”  Baltasar Gracian, How to Use Your Enemies While many people openly flaunt possessions such as wealth, status, beauty, and power, when it comes to the greatest human good, […] The post Why You Should Pretend to Be Less Intelligent than You Are first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

    12 min

  3. 1 May

    Why Men Fear Women

    Given that man is the physically stronger sex, it may seem preposterous to claim that many men fear women more than women fear men. Yet across cultures and throughout history, women have often been portrayed as the greatest threat to man. In Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things, the American linguist and philosopher George Lakoff shows how in many languages there […] The post Why Men Fear Women first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

    22 min

  4. 11 Apr

    Carl Jung as Therapist – Your Problems Don’t Lie in the Past

    “We should not forget that every neurosis entails a corresponding amount of demoralization. If a man is neurotic, he has lost confidence in himself. A neurosis is a humiliating defeat and is felt as such by people who are not entirely unconscious of their own psychology.” Carl Jung, Collected Works Volume 17 In the modern […] The post Carl Jung as Therapist – Your Problems Don’t Lie in the Past first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

    14 min

  5. 30 Mar

    Why The Western Worldview Limits Human Potential

    When considering how to improve modern day society many people gravitate toward political solutions. Others suggest that we need a sort of revolution of consciousness in which people move to a more enlightened state of being. But there is another path that could lead to social progress that is more practical than either politics or […] The post Why The Western Worldview Limits Human Potential first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

    15 min

  6. 9 Mar

    What If the “Crazy” Ones Are Right? – Conspiracy Theories

    Some people allege that the politicians, bureaucrats and corporate elite that make up the ruling class are conspiring to enrich themselves, gain more power, and transform society into a totalitarian dystopia. From assassinations to false flags, cognitive warfare to the rigging of elections, engineered pandemics to manufactured economic and social crises, there is little they […] The post What If the “Crazy” Ones Are Right? – Conspiracy Theories first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

    15 min

  7. 10 Feb

    Carl Jung – Are Demons Real?

    “[Modern man] is blind to the fact that, with all his rationality and efficiency, he is possessed by powers beyond his control. The gods and demons have not disappeared at all, they have merely got new names.” Carl Jung, Collected Works Volume 18 For millennia, in cultures spanning the globe, men and women believed in […] The post Carl Jung – Are Demons Real? first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

    11 min

  8. 22 Jan

    Why We Sabotage Ourselves – The Psychology of Self-Handicapping

    “The self-handicapper reaches out for impediments, exaggerates handicaps, and embraces any factor reducing personal responsibility for mediocrity…”  Steven Berglas and Edward Jones, Drug Choice as a Self-Handicapping Strategy Rather than simply contending with external obstacles to success, many of us actively collaborate in our own defeat. We are our own worst enemies and our inability […] The post Why We Sabotage Ourselves – The Psychology of Self-Handicapping first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

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    2018 - 2026
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