Avoiding Pain
"You can send a man to hell, but you can’t make him suffer." The flip side of the pursuit of happiness is the avoidance of pain. How much pain in life is unavoidable? And how much is self-inflicted? Explore the dark side of existence, and how to make it much lighter.

Confidence and Honesty
"Resorting to lying or cheating in any competition amounts to conceding defeat." We like to win at all costs, but if one of those costs is our own personal happiness, who is fooling whom? Delving into the convergence of self-interest and ethics reveals the source of the most unshakable versions of confidence.

Seeing Things Clearly
"It is hard for people to think clearly because their emotional needs keep getting in the way. The trick is to make thinking clearly an emotional need." Illuminating the emotional roadblocks that prevent clear thinking in the pursuit of happiness provides an effective counter-strategy for those who would really rather not be so self-deceptive.

Rational Idealism
Our Emotions
Theoretical Physics
Political Philosophy
The Sources of Deception