How selfish are we?
An age-old debate about human nature is being energised with new findings on the tightrope of cooperation and competition. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays...
6 Helmi 23min
Between being and emptiness
In Japanese philosophy, unlike the atomised Western self, we are ‘ningen’ (人間), each enmeshed with other humans and nature. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essay...
5 Helmi 25min
Can you rewire your brain?
The metaphor of rewiring offers an ideal of engineered precision. But the brain is more like a forest than a circuit board. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essay...
3 Helmi 26min
Victims and villains
In Southeast Asia’s scam compounds, workers are being enslaved but the boundary between victim and perpetrator is blurred. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays...
2 Helmi 25min
Megastructures on Mars
Images of vast ‘canals’ rippling across the red planet inspired fears of alien ‘engineers’ and changed science forever. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays th...
1 Helmi 30min
Valuable misunderstandings
Scientific progress depends on disagreement. So why are vaccine sceptics and other science critics not worth listening to?. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essay...
31 Tammi 26min
Is inherited wealth bad?
Despite associations with the idle rich, the fact that inheritances are rising is a sign of a healthy, growing economy. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays th...
29 Tammi 24min
A lesson in coexistence
The 17th-century town Cacheu was a hub of West African and European cultures, languages and beliefs (and run by women). Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays th...
27 Tammi 24min
