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Long-form essays, personal perspectives and writing on psychology, mental health, the self and modern life.Page 10 of 17
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Solitude psychology: what being alone actually does to the brain
Solitude psychology is one of the most misunderstood fields in modern mental health research. We have spent decades studying loneliness, its harms, its causes, its epidemic spread…
The Present MindsRead article
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The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty: the last line that changes everything
The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty is not a long story. You can read it in eight minutes. Maybe ten if you pause at the ending, which you…
Navneet ShuklaRead article
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Five good things that happened in march 2026 that nobody told you about
There is good news March 2026. There is actually a lot of it. The problem is where you have been looking. It is not a rhythm designed…
Shaniya NazRead article
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What we inherit from our parents (it is more than you think)
What we inherit from our parents is not just their eyes or their temper. It is their unfinished business. The anxiety that arrives before anything has gone…
Shaniya NazRead article
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Tagore’s The Postmaster: a story about being left behind
The Postmaster by Rabindranath Tagore is twelve pages long. Twelve pages. Written in 1891. And yet here you are, years after Class 9, still thinking about Ratan…
Navneet ShuklaRead article
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Dire Wolf: the resurrection that is not quite what it seems
Dire wolf is no longer extinct. That sentence is both true and, depending on who you ask, deeply misleading. On April 7, 2025, Colossal Biosciences announced that…
Shaniya NazRead article
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Why the 90s Feel More Real Than Yesterday
What were you like in the 90s? The question is everywhere right now. On social media. In comment sections. In the particular glow that comes over someone's…
Navneet ShuklaRead article
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Who are you when everything changes?
The psychology of identity tells us that the self is not fixed. But nobody warns you what it actually feels like when it starts to shift. It…
Navneet ShuklaRead article
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What marketing actually is (it is not what most people think)
What marketing actually is tends to get lost very early in the conversation. The textbooks arrive first. Segmentation. Targeting. Positioning. Brand equity. Consumer behaviour models arranged into…
Dr. Shalu ChopraRead article
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The drug that works like magic mushrooms but keeps you in the room
Psilocybin without hallucinations has been the goal of psychedelic medicine for most of the last decade. This week, for the first time, something that looks credibly like…
Navneet ShuklaRead article
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Pi number: the most fascinating number in the universe
Pi number is the most famous number in existence. It is also the strangest, the most obsessed over, and arguably the most important. You probably know it…
Shaniya NazRead article
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Are night owls more sadistic? a new study says yes and the reason is fascinating
Are night owls more sadistic? It sounds like the kind of question designed to generate outrage clicks. It is also, as of December 2025, a question with…
Shaniya NazRead article