How to Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
5 minute read. Is there an actual proven way to prevent dementia? Donald Weaver, Professor of Chemistry at University of Toronto, takes on this question.
Meditation Can Be Harmful, and even make Your Mental Health Worse
5 minute read. If you do not think that meditation can harm at least some people, including those that are healthy, Miguel Farias (Associate Professor in Experimental Psychology, Coventry University) has some evidence to throw at you
Gaia’s Fever: Why an Overheating Earth Could Turn Deadly (Essay)
Long Read. Excerpt from James Lovelock’s 2019 book “Novacene.” Lovelock, the scientist behind the Gaia theory, died in 2022 on his 103rd birthday.
I am a former President of Turkey. Here is my Warning about Gaza
5 minute read. Abdullah Gül, former President of the Republic of Turkey, issues a dire warning about Gaza, while taking aim at certain political leaders
Trump 2.0: Make China Great Again
5 minute read. Dean Baker, Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (Washington D.C.), questions whether President Trump is in touch with reality, while commenting on how the American President is causing long-term chaos
Will the American Working-Class Turn Against Trump?
5 minute read. Do you believe that Trump voters who are being betrayed by him will vote Democrat? Not so fast, argues Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, leader of the MERA25 party, & Professor of Economics at the University of Athens
Adam Smith, the ‘Father of Economics’, at 250
5 minute read. Michael Spence, Nobel Laureate in Economics & Professor Emeritus of Economics at Stanford University, reflects on the intellectual giant
Why Freud would have called AI a ‘narcissistic insult’ to humanity, and how we might overcome it
5 minute read. Amidst the techno-utopianism and existential threat narratives, Antje Jackelén, Senior Advisor and Systematic Theologian (Lund University, Sweden), calls upon the ghost of Freud to provide her analysis
A Serious Warning
A Serious Warning from a former President of Turkey, along with an exciting batch of articles this month that you don't want to miss.