New Existentialists How not to study the “web generation” Is constant immersion in digital technology changing kids’ brains for better or for worse? A…BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015
New Existentialists The history of Freud and the future of physics Those who say psychology should be more like physics should read two recent articles and…BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015
New Existentialists Rollo May’s last book, The Psychology of Existence, re-issued. An interview with co-author Kirk Schneider Recently McGraw-Hill announced it was reissuing the seminal 1995 text The Psychology of Existence, by…BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015
New Existentialists Freedom’s just another word for “I don’t know what I’m doing.” The latest 5 car pileup on the information superhighway is a column called “If I…BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015
New Existentialists I am a computer, therefore I … laugh? A new book is promoting a new, mechanistic, theory of why we laugh. According to…BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015
New Existentialists Policy positions are, at heart, an existential choice Periodically someone will publish the results of a study suggesting that “we” are smarter than…BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015
New Existentialists The psychology of abundance in a time of joblessness Questions about work are ubiquitous in Western culture because in many ways we equate “work”…BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015
New Existentialists The State of Psychology in 2011 From crushing unemployment to multiple global conflicts – 2011 is a year that desperately needs…BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015
New Existentialists We fear death – but why do we want to live? America’s obsession with health can easily be seen as a fear of death – but…BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015
New Existentialists A society that only does technology well will age badly The first American baby boomer reached retirement age this year. By 2030, one-in-five Americans will…BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015