If you think we’ve just had ‘a year like no other’, you need a history lesson
The perception that 2020 was unprecedented is inaccurate, says Niall Ferguson
Speak out at your peril: Self-censorship and the smothering of academia
Unthinkable: Commercial interests and social-media outrage are curtailing free speech
If people are naturally kind, why is there so much cruelty?
Unthinkable: Evolutionary biology suggests our natural instinct is to be nice
Lies, bullsh*t and knowledge resistance: A spotter’s guide
Amid growing interest in the ‘science of irrationality’, The Irish Times provides an A-Z of common intellectual traps
Paul Mason: The manifesto of a Marxist snowflake
Resist the ‘mass folk religion of fatalism’, says the former Newsnight economics editor
The Paul Mannion Mantra: Think it. Talk it. Do it. Be it.
The road to being Dublin’s most dangerous forward has never been a straight one
Shaking off tribal views: Shared morality a tool to beat global challenges
As ‘sole agents of evolution’, we must maximise destiny of Earth and humanity
Plastic brains: how upbringing makes little difference to personality
A Trinity neurogeneticist’s book may become highly influential in the field and beyond
The world in 2019: a good year for the pessimists
Brexit activated, Trump unshackled, populism bedded in – it’s a glass-half-empty outlook
The psychodramas unfurling everyday day in Ikea
‘Furniture’, Sonya Kelly’s new play for Druid, is a wickedly smart relationship comedy
Is fighting in our genes? A biological theory of warfare
Unthinkable: ‘Humans fight to achieve status and belonging,’ says former soldier Mike Martin
Does inequality really matter?
Unthinkable: ‘Luck egalitarianism’ reminds us that citizens don’t operate on a level playing field
If everything’s going great, why do we think it’s bad?
People are healthier, richer, safer and freer than ever, says psychologist Steven Pinker. But are they happy? ‘Happiness isn’t everything,’ says the author of ‘Enlightenment Now’
As a call for resistance, ‘Enlightenment Now’ is a howl into the wind
UK Politics: Should liberals defend globalism or match populists’ drastic promises?
Optimism pays better than pessimism
Long-term performance of stock markets shows perma-bears have negativity bias
Bill Gates shares his one regret with new college graduates
Microsoft co-founder issues career and life advice for people finishing university
Terrorism in the West: More lethal, more random, less likely
Despite extensive coverage, attacks are killing far fewer westerners than in 1970s and 1980s
Why it’s okay to boldly ignore the self-appointed gatekeepers of our language
There’s no reason to believe literacy is declining, Steven Pinker argues in his new book, ‘The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century’
Unthinkable: Are elite students just excellent sheep?
Today’s elite students are technically gifted but risk-averse and typically stressed, says former Yale professor William Deresiewicz
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