Design professions have typically been associated with intervention and action, while social science has long been associated with thought and reflection. Design and social thought are frequently ...

I recently came across a collective document called “The Grey Briefings,” written by the Special Circumstances Intelligence Unit, a global group of 90 futurists, writers, designers, technologists, and ...

This article is part of New Economy Week, a collaboration between YES! Magazine and the New Economy Coalition that brings you the ideas and people helping build an inclusive economy—in their own words ...

Initially, most of us thought that Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other social media applications would help to bring people together. And, yes, in many instances that has been true. Such apps have ...

This past weekend, the most resonant sound in the world of sports, heard by hundreds of millions of people, was a rattle: the soft, metallic clinking of a soccer ball ricocheting off the back of a ...

According to the diametric model of mental illness (below), autistic spectrum disorders feature deficits in mentalism (aka theory of mind, interpersonal skills, mind-reading), while psychotic spectrum ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people reported turning to music not just for entertainment, but for comfort, support, and even companionship. Now, a new study published inScientific Reports ...

Metaphors, images, and stories orient us. But we must understand them first. This is an excerpt from The Evangelical Imagination, which was a finalist in the Culture and the Arts category of CT’s 2024 ...

Anderson, B 1983, Imagined communities: reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism, Verso, London. Appadurai, A 1996, Modernity at large: cultural dimensions of globalization, University of ...