Modern life has brought many benefits to humanity as a result of discoveries in medicine and technology. But do we do everything better than our ancestors who lived in tiny groups?Read on »

Do we really have a moral obligation to pay our debts? According to anthropologist David Graeber, the answer to this question is a resounding 'no.'Read on »

Godfathers, monsters, baseball and bowling: Mass-market movies can tell us a lot about ourselves in cross-cultural context.Read on »

Think you know yourself? You might be surprised how much you've been shaped by the previous generation. Review of 'Boom! A Baby Boomer Memoir, 1947-2022', by Ted Polhemus.Read on »

Is being Irish really all about shamrocks, drinking fifteen pints of Guinness and telling tall tales? A review of David Slattery's comedic, yet culturally nuanced, account of life in the Emerald Isles.Read on »

Is Wall Street motivated solely by greed, or do its bankers have humanity's interests at heart?Read on »