Hidden Brain

You Are Not Ordinary

Most of us have been taught to think about luck as a minor factor in success — just a small boost that helps certain people get ahead. But psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman says this view misses something profound: many of the things we consider to be signs of talent or hard work are themselves the product of circumstances beyond our control.

Daily Stoic

6 Stoic Rules To Beat Ego

Because you don't want to look stupid, you'll stay stupid or because you don't want to ask for help, you don't get help. Uh or you don't want to look like you want it too badly, so you don't get it.

Fresh Air

Best Of: A family split by race / Eddie Glaude Jr. on America at 250

Every anniversary, the nation throws itself a party and quietly edits out the parts of the story it cannot bear to face.