Last week, a participant in one of our courses brought in a case for intervision. His case was that he had recently found out that his mother, who lived quite far away from him, had dementia. He wanted

I think Steven Pinker's book The Better Angels of our Nature was a fantastic book and I am very curious about his new book Enlightenment now. The book argues that, while many people are pessimistic, the

The Social Progress Index captures social progress in countries on multiple dimensions. Here is an overview of the results of 2017

Nowadays, there is lots of talk about a growing polarization in our societies. It is said that groups oppose each other ever more more hatefully and aggressively. It also appears that we are less and less

Kurt Andersen, author of Fantasyland, how America went Haywire, discusses how, in the last 30 years, religion has radicalized American politics and seriously harmed the perception of science. People often

Teaching people that groups can change and improve may be a powerful tool to promote peace. Below, two studies are mentioned, one from 2011 and one from 2018. Halperin et al. (2011) A study by Halperin

would your answer be to the question: will the future be better? The answer to this question turns out to depend on whom you ask and on what it is specifically focused on. Mohammed Nagdy and Max Roser

Inspired by The rational optimist- Matt Ridley, 2010 ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

Can we develop our abilities or are they largely fixed? What is a fixed mindset? What is a growth mindset? What are the consequences and causes of these two mindsets? Why is that relevant? What this 2

Motivation is energy for action. More important than how much motivation you have for something is what the quality of your motivation is. Two sorts of motivation are autonomous motivation and controlled

How mindset, motivation, deliberate practice and the progress principle are connected. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

Recently, I have become interested in a new technology which is gaining popularity and which will probably have a great impact on our society: the blockchain. Put simply, blockchain technology is a

Contaminated mindware, a term by prof. David Perkins, is a concept to describe beliefs, rules, strategies, etc., that are not grounded in evidence and that are not good for the one who holds them (the

Carol Dweck, founder of mindset theory, has written an ambitious new paper in Psychological Review. In this paper, she presents a new theory about how personality is formed and how both nature and nurture

Here is a flow chart to help you determine whether or not to believe truth claims. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

Elements from self-determination theory are somewhat known to many people. Particularly, the terms intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation are familiar to many people. Also reasonably well-known