Chris Johns: Happiness requires economic growth but not excess
Nothing but economic growth has ever lifted humanity out of misery
Nothing but economic growth has ever lifted humanity out of misery
Unthinkable: Justin E H Smith discusses technological utopianism, Slavoj Zizek and the role of comedy in philosophy
Time management, finding the right staff and cash flow are chief concerns
Peer-to-peer learning can be every bit as effective as book learning.
Unthinkable: There’s ‘a systematic ambiguity’ at the heart of human rights, TCD professor John Dillon says
Greece Letter: Various announcements about progress merely public charades
Shared, unspoken knowledge is always the active ingredient in ‘getting the joke’
And I had thought my recent birthday didn’t bother me
Junior Cycle course seeks to promote the benefits of ‘changing one’s mind’
Yeats engaged in ‘cultural mutiny’ against the encroachment of science
Author Raymond Tallis imagines himself as a corpse and discovers new wonder for life
The Irish Times Unthinkable debate seeks resolution to the ‘God versus science’ row
The starting point should not be to ask who is to blame but what is likely to work
If you don’t have meaning in your life you won’t have mental health, says Stephen J Costello
School debating is no substitute for Socratic inquiry, argues author and campaigner Peter Worley
The pub is ‘an unrivalled space for civic discussion’, but discussion must lead to action, says an Inishowen community activist
Why U2 got it right with ‘Love is Blindness’ and the Beatles got it wrong with ‘All You Need Is Love’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices