Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is packed with powerful, actionable behaviors for achieving goals and transforming your life. Unfortunately, the useful ideas it contains are undermined by Covey’s fundamental premises. The book provides a standout example of the essential importance of being critical and paying close attention to the ideas implicit in books on self-improvement and good living, not just their surface-level advice.
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Andrew Bernstein explores what truly defines a culture—and how to judge one with honesty and fairness.
Kiyah shared how she broke free from wokeness, religion, and gender ideology by “checking her premises” against reality.
How do you decide what’s worth learning in a world overflowing with knowledge? In his LevelUp talk, Eric Daniels explores how to direct your own learning to grow wiser, more capable, and more fulfilled over a lifetime.
Craig untangles the confusing debate between moral realism and anti-realism—two false alternatives that obscure the possibility of an objective moral foundation. He breaks down the jargon, clarifies the terms, and shows where the real distinctions lie.