Continuing Conor Feehly’s interesting points in his article “What makes a mind?”, I would propose that “agency” isn’t an adequate definition of “self”. As Feehly points out, the concept of agency is ...

FutureMe thrives on the concept, “memories are less accurate than e-mails.” The simple webmail service lets you write a message to yourself and specify a date sometime in the future to have that ...

A short time ago I got email from a TPM reader with a version of this question: Josh, are you sure there’s going to be a November election? Because everything I’m seeing tells me they don’t think ...

He already accomplished his dream of being an NHL player years ago when he was selected first in the NHL Draft, but the kid from Florida always thought about shooting for the stars. What if one day he ...

University of Houston professors could soon be required to self-evaluate their curricula to ensure that course material doesn't promote "personal or institutional advocacy." The five-page proposed ...

This excerpt is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. The below excerpt also addresses a common objection head-on: the assumption that modern problems are too complex for ...

According to social media, 2026 is the new 2016. The trend is everywhere: TikToks with Snapchat dog filters, Instagram carousels with Rio De Janeiro filters, Spotify playlists with “Lush Life” by Zara ...

A brilliant prose stylist, confident, amiable, and wonderfully lucid when talking about other people’s problems, Updike rarely confessed or confronted his own. One day in the fall of 1951, when he was ...

Casey is tired of coming home to her apartment every day. She feels like her home drains her energy more than her job does. Not because it’s not a nice place, and not because of anyone else who lives ...

How many times a week do you introduce yourself? Whether it’s in person, virtually, one-on-one, in a large group, or formally or informally, you probably introduce yourself many times a week. Perhaps ...

ALIGNING THE CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE WITH INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to begin the process to align U.S. core childhood vaccine ...

Billionaire and noted climate activist Bill Gates made headlines last month when he released a piece seemingly rejecting his prior stances on global warming. In the memo, which was titled “Three tough ...