Essays applying existential-humanistic psychology, drawing on thinkers like Otto Rank and Maslow, to creativity, self-actualization and living meaningfully amid a culture of optimization. It also includes personal reflections from the author and promotion of his writing challenge and seminars.
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Essays by Henrik Karlsson on relationships, thinking and agency, written from a Baltic island and often with his wife. Issues mix personal anecdote with careful philosophical inquiry, such as why music alters our perception, and frank reflection on creative blockage.
Economist Bryan Caplan's newsletter offers sharp, opinionated essays on social science, power, immigration, and public intellectuals, often built around experiments and debates. Readers get original arguments with a clear point of view, plus guest replies and analysis of how commentators express contempt and sentiment.
Conspicuous Cognition is a philosophy blog by an academic philosopher exploring motivated reasoning, social signalling, AI risk debates, and the psychology of virtue. Readers get long-form, argument-driven essays and podcast-style discussions that connect psychology, politics and evolution to everyday claims about belief and motive.
A newsletter publishing essays, guest posts and journal excerpts on the philosophy, ethics and practice of psychiatry and psychotherapy. Issues combine first-person accounts of psychosis and treatment, clinical reasoning, and commentary on psychoanalytic and relational care debates.
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