Wiser Every Day | Steven Schwartz | Substack

It’s not mathematics, it’s psychology

May 12

Reciprocity, compassion, and respect are the bedrock of morality and the foundation of community welfare.

May 1

I don't think it would have all got me quite so down if just once in a while—just once in a while—there was at least some polite little perfunctory implication that knowledge should lead to wisdom, and that if it doesn't, it's just a disgusting waste of time! But there never is…

Nov 21, 2021

Is prolonged grief following the death of a loved one an illness? Who decides? And how?

Apr 21

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Engineering equality is neither achievable nor desirable; it isn't even fair.

Apr 4

His university failed, his attitude toward research and practical knowledge is out of date, yet John Henry Newman's 19th Century defence of liberal…

Mar 24

All great discoveries begin as blasphemies, which are resisted by those with something to lose.

Mar 13

Time falls out of joint for Avon's Bard.

Mar 9

Humanity has more knowledge than ever before, but all that knowledge has not made us wise. We all need meaning and purpose in our lives.

Mar 1

It may sound peculiar, but a reminder of death may be the best way to make people cherish life.

Feb 13

If you read a daily newspaper and want to feel better about life, the planet, and the human race, skip the front page and go straight to the obituaries…

Feb 3

"The past is never dead. It's not even past," wrote William Faulkner. Every generation must preserve and build on its cultural heritage. If universities…

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Wiser Every Day

Restoring the traditional virtues--honesty, courage, tolerance, loyalty, honour and patriotism--to education, medicine, and politics.

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