Topic
Overthinking
A recurring psychology theme about rumination, decision paralysis, and the gap between reflection and action.
Health
Chris Williamson says too much self-awareness can make you a coward
The Modern Wisdom host turns Hamlet into a diagnosis of the modern overthinker, and he is more right than a Shakespeare scholar would enjoy admitting.
Culture
George Mack says Belgium’s driving theory test raised the death rate for new drivers by 32%
On Modern Wisdom, Mack turns Belgian road safety into a brutal little parable about false confidence, bad incentives, and the danger of thinking you know what you’re doing.