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This essay was written by George Dibble, a BYU Humanities Center student fellow.

Alone in my room, I listened to a neuroscientist (Caroline Leaf) talk about the 21st century’s rise in preventable deaths. She talked about surging anxiety, depression rates, and especially of my generation (Gen Z). Gallup reports that 47.8 million Americans are diagnos...


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This essay was written by Porter Kindall, a BYU Humanities Center student fellow.

“I want so badly to believe that there is truth, that love is real” – Ben Gibbard 

In the landscape of indie rock, few albums have achieved the cult status of The Postal Service’s Give Up. Released in 2003, the album charts the course ...


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This essay was written by Brian Croxall, a BYU Humanities Center faculty fellow.

As someone who has been—by one measure or another—very online for about 35 years, it’s fascinating to see technologies come and, sometimes, go. Back in February 2021, the venerable art auction house Christie’s sold its first ever “


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This post was written by Sawyer Wood, BYU Humanities Center Intern and student fellow.

I’ve recently been learning more about the idea of flow. As outlined by psychologist Mihalyln Csikszentmihalyi in Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, flow is described as a state in which someone is completely focused or engaged in a task or activity. S...


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