School of Life

What’s Education For?

The Dangers of the Good Child

EASTERN PHILOSOPHY – Confucius

The Dangers of the Internet

Dating When You’ve Had a Bad Childhood

The Fear of Being Bad in Bed

What is Literature for?

How Not to Break Up With Someone

What It’s Like to Have a Mental Illness

The Danger of Being Too Polite in Love

HISTORY OF IDEAS – Romanticism

The Problem with Over-Friendly People

HISTORY OF IDEAS – Monasticism

‘I Am Going to Die!’

POP CULTURE: When and Why We Cry In Films

How to Be Charming When Talking About Yourself

How To Know Yourself

ART/ARCHITECTURE – Cy Twombly

How Romantic Attachment Works

The Best Chat up Lines

The One Subject You Really Need to Study: Your Own Childhood

How to Find Meaningful Work

How to Stop Worrying Whether or Not They Like You

How to Forgive

SOCIOLOGY – Alexis De Tocqueville

Why Socrates Hated Democracy

How Not to Think on a Date

How To Stop Feeling Scared All The Time

POLITICAL THEORY – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person

Don’t Worry, No One Cares

Art and Masturbation

EASTERN PHILOSOPHY – The Love of Rocks

Hypervigilance and How to Overcome It

The Problem With Being Too Logical in Love

Why Small Pleasures Are a Big Deal