Just out: "The Happiness Hypothesis," a reprint of my first book, about 10 truths about human behavior and happiness that have stood the test of time. In this book I also form my metaphor of the elephant and the rider, which is how I explain the primacy of the subconscious brain in moral decisions.

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Émilie du Châtelet, French Enlightenment mathematician & physicist (1706-1749); author of Institutions de Physique (1740), acclaimed translator of Newton's Principia. Portrait by Maurice-Quentin de la Tour, c. 1740 Château de Breteuil

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Forty interesting facts about Australia - Marginal REVOLUTION

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Today I learned that Anita Brookner lived just a few minutes’ walk from Henry Root.

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Isn't there a word for stopping ships on the high seas and demanding money at gunpoint? Isn't that word "piracy"? (Is it really possible we're even having this conversation?) www.cnbc.com/2026/07/13/i...

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