Clashing Trauma: Understanding Relationship Conflicts
Here is a common situation that you might have noticed: close friends (or romantic partners) suddenly have their relationship explode –...
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- Apr 5, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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...
- Dec 22, 2021
- 11 min
Human behavior makes more sense when you understand "Anchor Beliefs."
There's an important type of belief most of us have, which we call "Anchor Beliefs." These beliefs are, by definition, those beliefs we...
- Nov 22, 2021
- 14 min
Understanding the Divide Between Social Justice Advocates and the Left-Leaning "Anti-Woke" Community
As part of our research for a Clearer Thinking podcast episode (where we bring people with opposing viewpoints together to see if they...
- Oct 20, 2021
- 3 min
The 10 most important components of self-compassion.
Self-compassion is an essential skill - it helps us overcome personal hardship, recognize what we want, and learn how to better support...
- Oct 12, 2021
- 5 min
Gender and the Tail End of the Personality Distribution
We recently released a free, interactive tool that lets you explore gender differences in personality based on data we analyzed on...
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
An empirical look at the personality differences between men and women.
The question of how much gender is associated with different personality traits is contentious. Some extremely popular books claim that...
- Sep 22, 2021
- 1 min
Our Latest Program Could Transform Your Productivity Potential
Many of us strive to be more productive in our lives, whether we’re trying to improve our performance or juggling multiple tasks and...
- Aug 18, 2021
- 28 min
Shifting Your Stance on the Psychological Impacts of Power Posing: From Real to Fake to Small
In 2010, a group of researchers made headlines after publishing a study claiming to have found a simple but effective technique through...
- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min
Learn What Brings You the Most Enjoyment in Life with Our New Program!
Discover Your Personal Sources of Pleasure What do you think gives you the most pleasure and joy in life? Is it… Art and beauty? Caring...
- Aug 5, 2021
- 11 min
5 Exercises from "Designing Your Life": How to choose a fulfilling life
How do you decide what to do with your life? Perhaps you have had long-term ambitions since childhood, or maybe you follow unforeseen...
- Jul 21, 2021
- 2 min
Do you want to change your life for the better? Start now with our new interactive tool!
How do you go from merely wanting to improve your actions, to truly changing them for the better? How do you help other people engage in...
- Jun 30, 2021
- 4 min
Supplement your Clearer Thinking learning experience with these recommended resources.
Where can you find the best resources on critical thinking and rationality? If you’re reading this, you probably care deeply about seeing...
- Jun 17, 2021
- 2 min
Learn to listen better and understand your memory with these two free tools!
This week, we’re highlighting two valuable, free, educational tools on our site created during our 2020 Micro Grants program that you may...
- May 26, 2021
- 7 min
Thought-provoking episodes from 6 months of our podcast, Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg
Our podcast, Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg, has been running for six months! To help you figure out the episodes that you...
- May 11, 2021
- 3 min
4 ways to have a positive impact on the world right now.
At Clearer Thinking, we think a lot about how we can positively impact the world. Most of the time, this involves researching effective...
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