I went back to my church this AM for the first time since January 2020.  (We spent the next six months in the UK, and by the time we came back, all had been shut for the time being.)  It was great....

I've had a busy couple of weeks.  I'll post some of the things here on coming days, but basically I've given four public presentations and produced several large reports.  I'm pooped.

For now...

Sorry I've been busy--teaching, writing, talking.  The talking at least ends tomorrow.

Really good interview with my friend and colleague Sonam Kachru about his new book Other Lives: Mind and...

This is an interesting piece but a weird piece about young people and religion.  It seems to be all about what they say about themselves, but in fact what we need to know is what they do, whether they...

Went to Texas this weekend--a great visit.  (Here's looking at you, SMU and Baylor.)  Left me feeling reinvigorated, as if there will be a future again, in which we nerds get together and talk as...

It's the weekend!  Rest & enjoy.

Some useful advice here about designing affective “flipped courses“.  Useful if you're a primitive like me, anyway.

A really long and rich interview with...

Small ball these days.  I'm writing a lot, but mostly not on this blog, I guess? 

Fun study about surprisingly substantial effects of “kindness assignments” on undergraduates.

But are such...