Essays
Each essay starts from an event everyone is arguing about, and follows the reaction, not the event, to somewhere less comfortable.
Latest4 minute read
Why friends disappear when you need them most
Why “I didn’t know what to say” is not the whole story.
5 minute read
Good people don’t get rich
What the belief that money makes people worse costs the person who holds it.
4 minute read
What self-respect is made of
How judging other people’s compromises becomes shame when we make our own.
6 minute read
The millionaire’s paradox: why success makes money worries worse
Millie Bobby Brown has earned millions from Netflix, yet still loses sleep over money. She’s not alone. New research reveals why wealth often amplifies financial anxiety rather than curing it.