Absurdity is everywhere—it’s in the ridiculous characters of TV shows like What We Do in the Shadows or It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, in the surreal memes we scroll past on social media, and even ...
In “The Secret Life of Pets,” Max, a terrier voiced by Louis C.K., spends his days sleeping and waiting for his owner, Katie (Ellie Kemper), to come home. But Max’s life is turned on its side when ...
Around the beginning of the school year — so, probably August or September — I started seeing a slew of videos on my TikTok For You page talking about the “indomitable human spirit.” The whole idea ...
In 1938, while sitting in a cafe on the Boulevard Saint-Michel in Paris, Jean-Paul Sartre experienced a pivotal moment of revelation that would shape his philosophical thinking. Reflecting on the ...
If you've ever had an earworm you couldn’t shake, questioned your health insurance (or lack thereof), or wondered what God thinks of the mess we call Earth — welcome to Purple Mountains Studio. This ...
What are the physics of life? That is more than just a philosophical question—it has practical implications for our search ...