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In some ways, intellectuals are well-equipped to flourish in a technology-driven world. Bombarded by information on the screens we stare at all day, we tend to be skeptical of statements and sources that strain credulity and to delve further into that which intrigues or bothers us.     On the other hand,

"We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology." —Carl Sagan For intellectuals, striving to understand scientific thinking, discoveries, and emerging theories is crucial to a satisfying life of the mind; however, it can also be

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit. –Aristotle These days it can sound a little corny or old fashioned to think about values, virtues,

Trying to find real love when life is mostly virtual presents unprecedented challenges and stresses. It used to be common for single people looking for love to wonder where to meet other interesting people who were also looking. Finding appropriate people to date had a natural pace because it required

You take delight not in a city's seven or seventy wonders, but in the answer it gives to a question of yours. ― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities For many people, a satisfying life of the mind includes getting to know the world’s great cities. Great cities elicit stories.