Okinawa has more centenarians per capita than almost anywhere on earth. Research points to one factor that sets it apart: ikigai — the Japanese framework for finding the reason you get out of bed. The data behind it is harder to dismiss than you might expect.
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America ranks first in wealth per capita and 23rd in happiness. The data reveals an unprecedented crisis of purposelessness in the world's richest society — and a clear picture of what is driving it.
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Viktor Frankl survived Auschwitz. The framework he built from that experience — that meaning, not happiness, is the primary human drive — is now backed by decades of clinical and neuroscientific evidence. Modern culture has confused the two, and paid a price.
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By almost every objective measure, the current generation in wealthy countries is the best-off in human history. Life expectancy in the United States is nearly 77 years — up from 47 in 1900. Violent crime is at 50-year lows. Extreme...
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In February 2023, Australia became the first country in the world to authorize psychiatrists to prescribe MDMA for post-traumatic stress disorder and psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression. The announcement was quiet by global news standards — a regulatory update from the...
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