Our new project to help fix the replication crisis in psychology
What if almost half the things we thought we knew about human psychology turn out to be wrong? The field of academic psychology has been...
- Nov 21
- 9 min
What Are All the Things That Humans Need?
In this blog post, we attempt to list all human needs ranked according to their typical importance. Thanks for the idea, Maslow! We think...
- Oct 26
- 3 min
Want to form a new habit? Our new study finds our free tool can help!
Forming new habits can be life changing but it is also often hard. Maybe you want to read every day, or run in the mornings, or put your...
- Oct 26
- 11 min
Does a simple tool cause people to create habits more reliably?
A randomized controlled trial of the Clearer Thinking ‘Daily Ritual' module. INTRODUCTION A habit is a type of behavior that has become...
- Sep 13
- 1 min
Try two new tools to improve your life!
Today, we’re launching two new interactive learning modules to help you build stronger relationships and improve your mood. These two...
- Aug 26
- 12 min
Can you experience enlightenment through Sam Harris' meditation app?
You’ve probably heard of meditation – maybe you even have a meditation practice – but you might be less familiar with which types of...
- Aug 26
- 28 min
Evaluating the effectiveness of Sam Harris’ Waking Up app in teaching nondual mindfulness
This article investigates Nondual Mindfulness, a meditation practice that is said to help practitioners transcend suffering and access...
- Aug 10
- 2 min
Try two new tools to improve your work life!
How can you optimize your work life to be more joyful? We think it’s surprisingly rare to spend time thinking seriously about this...
- Jul 27
- 9 min
Understanding the two most common mental health problems in the world
Chances are, your life has been impacted by anxiety disorders or depression, either through your direct experience or through the impact...
- Jul 13
- 1 min
Find and replace unhelpful coping mechanisms with our new tool!
When we’re struggling, it can be easy to rely on coping strategies that might actually harm us more than they benefit us in the long run....
- Jun 29
- 11 min
Understand how other people think: a theory of worldviews.
A libertarian, a socialist, an environmentalist, and a pro-development YIMBY watch an apartment complex being built. The libertarian is...
- Jun 14
- 2 min
Apply to the Clearer Thinking Regrants program!
Have a project aiming to have a large positive impact on the future? Apply for a grant!
- Jun 2
- 6 min
Using survey data to explore promising intervention areas for improving well-being
This research was conducted by Dr. Nadescha Trudel and Dr. Spencer Greenberg, and this short summary was written by Holly Muir. Which...
- Jun 2
- 29 min
A quantitative exploration of psychological interventions for well-being
Which psychological interventions hold promise for improving well-being? We explored this question using survey data to look for...
- May 5
- 7 min
Understanding Relationship Conflicts: Clashing Trauma
Here is a common situation that you might have noticed: close friends (or romantic partners) suddenly have their relationship explode –...
- Apr 5
- 10 min
Our research shows how word choice can have a huge impact on survey results
When you read about surveys, polls, and psychology studies in the news, you’re probably aware that these involve asking people questions....
- Mar 2
- 4 min
The enduring wisdom of a disabled man born into slavery nearly 2000 years ago.
Epictetus, born ~50AD, was a disabled man born into slavery in Phrygia (present-day Turkey). Nothing that he wrote down survives; we know...
- Feb 8
- 7 min
Ten theories for how to achieve true happiness
And useful resources for you to try them out The question of how to achieve true happiness has been debated for thousands of years. In...
- Jan 27
- 13 min
What AI can do, what it can’t do, and what’s coming.
What are computers good at? You might think that machines are better than humans at crunching numbers, but that humans still far surpass...
- Jan 12
- 4 min
A list of the most valuable content we created in 2021.
In 2021, we created a lot of new content aimed at genuinely improving our followers’ lives. Here, we highlight what we think is our most...