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Thought of the day from Greek philosopher Epicurus: "We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness"
2+ week, 1+ day ago (478+ words) The ancient philosopher famous for hedonism actually preached moderation, discipline, and the pursuit of simple pleasures—a formula modern science now validates. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published August 29, 2026 · How we edit That reading is almost exactly backwards. A quick…...
A 2024 AARP survey of 1,010 adults aged 50-plus found that 44% believed they had grown happier over time—yet only 22% thought most people do, a striking gap between how ageing feels from the inside and how we imagine it happens to everyone else.
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1642+ words) AARP's 44% versus 22% gap compares a retrospective judgment about one's own life with a belief about other people, while neutral responses and the one-time design limit what it can show. By Mind & Matter · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published August 28, 2026 · How we…...
A 2025 study co-authored at the University of Toronto found that effortfully trying to maximize happiness can consume the same mental resources used for self-control—leaving people more vulnerable to temptation and less able to persist at the things that might improve their lives. Chase happiness too deliberately, and you may undermine the habits that sustain it.
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1612+ words) Four studies linked effortful happiness maximization with weaker subsequent self-control, but the shared-resource mechanism was inferred and no long-term habits were measured. By Mind & Matter · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published August 28, 2026 · How we edit Trying to feel happier can become…...
Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius: "take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, I have been harmed; take away the complaint, and the harm is taken away"
3+ week, 4+ day ago (399+ words) The Stoic secret isn't denying that bad things happen—it's recognizing that your suffering comes not from the event itself, but from the story you tell about it. Published August 20, 2026 · How we edit When people first hear this line, a…...
Studies of rural Korean centenarians suggest that many of the longest-lived women did not retire from daily life so much as remain woven into it — cooking, gardening, tending relationships, and keeping roles that made them needed well into old age
3+ week, 5+ day ago (522+ words) Purpose, not retirement, may be the secret to a long life. Published August 19, 2026 · How we edit In the mountain counties of southern Korea, the oldest woman in the village is often the one with the longest list of jobs to…...
A psychologist went to Arctic Norway expecting two months of winter darkness to make people miserable. Instead, she found that many locals had learned to see the polar night as cosy, beautiful, and strangely restorative
3+ week, 5+ day ago (562+ words) The Arctic's darkest months are supposed to crush the human spirit—unless you've learned to embrace them. By Mind & Matter · Edited by Daniel Moran Published August 18, 2026 · How we edit A psychologist arrived in Arctic Norway in 2014 with a suitcase of…...