Happiness is often regarded as a basic human right these days, but does a person’s ability to be happy depend on circumstances, or can we achieve it despite living under trying conditions? Current research confirms ancient wisdom on finding real happiness.
Insight Video: A few years ago an article in The Atlantic carried the headline, “Is Pornography Adultery?” As the subhead noted, it may be closer than you think.
Science and technology have radically changed the world, making us the greatest consumers in history. But are we any happier? Does having more give us more?
Insight Video: On the list of top economic powers, China moved into second position in 2010. Will the 21st century be Chinese? What might this mean for the rest of the world?
Insight Video: Across the Middle East the uprisings of the Arab Spring gave way to disillusion in many places. Why is good government so hard to achieve?
In our fast-paced society, to say that a problem has a complex solution can sound like a negative. If it is really the solution, shouldn’t it be simple?
Insight Video: Without adequate water supplies, food cannot be produced. Population growth and increasing prosperity are exerting demands on resources that cannot be withstood.
Insight Video: For more than six decades North Koreans have succumbed to the worship of their deified dictators. What happens when religion and politics become fatally mixed?
Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed the 1920s as a time of self-indulgence. That image is reminiscent of today’s world and of the life of King Solomon.
How much say should people have in determining the circumstances of their demise? Is ultimate personal autonomy, even in death, the most important aspect of life?
The United Nations General Assembly first celebrated One Day in Peace on the first day of the new millennium, and a later resolution invited “all the peoples of the world to celebrate One Day in Peace, 1 January 2002, and every year thereafter.”
Insight Video: There is no question that life has speeded up in recent years. We long ago entered the information age, but can we continue to endlessly process more and more?
World peace has eluded humankind for millennia. One proposal now on the table aims for world peace by 2048. Will it be any more successful than its predecessors?