Existential uncertainty: How it affects your mind—and what you can do about it
With near-constant headlines discussing the devastating crises humanity is currently facing —from climate change to political ...
Interest Rate Uncertainty Is At a Financial-Crisis Era High. Here’s How We Know.
The Kansas City Fed’s measure of policy rate uncertainty is as high today as it was during the global financial crisis.
Fate vs free will: The debate goes on
While fate stands for a predetermined course of events, free will denotes the ability to make choices, and to stay in control ...
How 19th-century French novelist Balzac mastered the multiverse long before Marvel
This style of storytelling has deep literary roots. I believe the first person to master the fictional multiverse was the 19th-century French novelist, Honoré de Balzac, in his monumental work La ...
moneycontrol.com19d
Amid heightened volatility and uncertainty, mutual funds see surge in Index and ETF filings
Experts further add that another reason making this space attractive to large fund houses is the wide variety of options, including sector funds, broad-based funds (spanning large, mid, small, and ...
The Financial Times19d
The Art of Uncertainty by David Spiegelhalter — the role luck plays in our lives
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nothing is certain except death, taxes — and uncertainty. From the mundane (“what’s for breakfast?” ...
Slate20d
My Daughter-in-Law Is a Tyrant. I Want Out of Grandma “Duties.”
I love my son and 5-year-old grandson, but my daughter-in-law causes me nothing but stress. She is highly critical and thin-skinned. I volunteered to watch my grandson after she went back to work ...
Institute of Development Studies20d
Navigating uncertainty: Radical rethinking for a turbulent World
In this talk, Ian Scoones will introduces his new book, Navigating Uncertainty: Radical Rethinking for a Turbulent World (Polity Books, 2024). Uncertainties are everywhere. Whether it’s climate change ...
Slate21d
What’s Next for the “Porn Chancellor”
No, we haven’t. At the risk of sounding like the academic I am, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle is in effect. When you observe something, you change it. Before, we just did what we wanted ...