Category Archives: News

Filters in the Age of Information Overload

This article was originally published here. One of my colleagues has advanced a compelling theory to explain why a palpable madness seems to be gripping our society and more and more people seem to be going off the rails. “So much information is available now we are constantly bombarded with, that it has exceeded the… Read More »

Do You Know the Benefits of Practicing Solitude?

Solitude — the state of being alone — is often described as a bad thing. But that’s because it’s often discussed in the context of other psychological experiences like isolation, social rejection or loneliness.1 Solitude is different from loneliness, however. When researchers sought to understand solitude as a “psychological experience of being alone, without communications,… Read More »