On July 1, 1925, exactly one hundred years ago, Erik Satie, often referred to as the “Socrates of music,” passed away in Paris. A nonconformist composer who constantly defied expectations, Satie challenged the rigid academicism and bourgeois conventions of his time through his irony, eccentricity, and a distinctly transgressive spirit. Born in 1866 in Honfleur,…

It began, as it often does, with a teacher’s question. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” The responses, once peppered with dreams of firefighting, flying, and healing, have given way to a new, disconcerting consensus. The overwhelming answer: “A Social Media Influencer.” To a sixth-grader’s mind, it’s the ultimate hack: attention…

We live in an age when many scientists still clumsily reduce the mind to nothing more than neurochemical activity, namely, the mere interactions of neurons and neurotransmitters. Such scientists often react with hostility at even the suggestion that substance dualism might be true. Therefore, it is refreshing to witness the person with the world’s highest…