In the last post, I argued for the importance of self-awareness for living a purposeful life. Two of the major barriers to self-awareness are ego-protecting rationalisation, and ego-depleting …
This crush just won’t be crushed!
Over at the New York Times, Roxane Gay writes an advice column about work and life called "Work Friend". The title of a recent edition caught my eye: The thrill of the office crush. The scenario is …
Finding purpose when languishing
I've spent this week working on a new post on the neuroscience of how limerence fades, drawing on the literature of habituation and hedonic adaptation, but if I'm honest it's been a bit of a …
Limerence research survey
Following on from a previous research project, I was recently contacted by a team from the University of Sussex in the UK who are running a new project, in collaboration with the team from Sheffield. …
A good video on limerence
Very busy week for me this week, but here's a video on limerence, with lot of good insights: https://youtu.be/9l5ALCPEBkc I particularly enjoyed the sections on being more aware of what role …
A philosopher’s response to limerence
"Reader" sent me a fascinating article this week, from the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/13/agnes-callard-profile-marriage-philosophy It details the experience of a …
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