The Instrumentalisation of Everything
From art to religion to sex, instrumentalisation has drained away intrinsic value. But life is about more than material benefits
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Tag: Self & identity
The Narrative Trap
Philosopher Julian Baggini asks a deceptively simple question – what happens when the stories we live by start leading us astray?
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In Defence of Pessimism
“What matters most is not how full the glass seems but what we do with it. Behaviour, not outlook, is key.”
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Memory Lane: Review
Review of Memory Lane: The Perfectly Imperfect Ways We Remember by Ciara Greene and Gillian Murphy for the Wall Street Journal
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Grasping Reality
Julian Baggini uncovers how neuroscientists are challenging our understanding of reality and piecing together how we perceive the world around us
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