Mortimer Adler on Active Reading: 4 Questions You Need to Ask a Book (Plus an Age-Old Recipe for a Good Night’s Sleep)

“Get into bed in a comfortable position, make sure the light is inadequate enough to cause a slight eyestrain, choose a book that is either terribly difficult or terribly boring … and you will be asleep in a few minutes,” writes Mortimer Adler (December 28, 1902-June 28, 2001) in his famous manual How to Read … Read more

Can AI Really Write?

. Can AI really write? An article published in The Conversation argues that AI can’t really write because it simply “communicates information,” which does not originate from conscious thoughts and lived experiences that characterize human writing. Human writing, the article goes on to assert, is different because it stems from emotions born of genuine suffering, … Read more

Leo Tolstoy on Revenge

Best served cold, revenge is the favorite dish of the ego. Its main ingredients include anger, blame, and nonforgiveness — all forms of mental cholesterol that clogs our perception of what is right and wrong. So what can we do about it? The author of “War and Peace” and one of the greatest international writers … Read more