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Diana Saverin is a writer whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, Outside, Orion, The Guardian, and others. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska.

Emily Herring is a writer based in Paris. She is the author of Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People. She received her PhD in the history and philosophy of ...

Olivia Laing is a British writer of non-fiction about literature, art and landscape. They are the author of The Trip to Echo Spring: Why Writers Drink (2013) and The Lonely City (2016). They live in ...

Robert J. Hartman is a postdoctoral research fellow with the Gothenburg Responsibility Project at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. He is the author of In Defense of Moral Luck: Why Luck Often ...

Lynn Hallarman, MD served as the director of palliative medicine at Stony Brook Medicine in New York. She now works as a consultant for the National Center for Equitable Care for Elders at Harvard ...

A child squirms in her chair as she faces a single marshmallow. She’s been told that if she can hold out for a little while – resist the temptation to take the treat – she’ll be rewarded with two ...