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We do not grow old as long as we strive to improve ourselves.

Magazine / Mind & Psychology

The Overview Effect: Earth from Space

Feb 15, 2025 · Frank White

When astronauts see Earth from orbit, they report a cognitive shift. Borders disappear. Conflicts seem trivial. They see one fragile blue marble.

Magazine / Mind & Psychology

The Cobra Effect: Perverse Incentives

Feb 5, 2025 · Horst Siebert

The British government wanted to reduce the number of cobras in Delhi, so they offered a bounty for dead cobras. The result? More cobras.

Magazine / Mind & Psychology

Information Overload: Drinking from a Firehose

Jan 27, 2025 · Alvin Toffler

We create more information in 2 days than we did from the dawn of civilization to 2003. Our hunter-gatherer brains cannot handle it.

Magazine / Mind & Psychology

Miller's Law: The Magic Number 7

Jan 22, 2025 · George Miller

The average human can hold 7 ± 2 objects in working memory. This implies a hard limit on our cognitive processing capacity.