Alessandro van den Berg, Author at Areo

Politics

Patriotism: An Emotion to be Encouraged or Condemned?

I define patriotism as a sense of civic loyalty and pride, grounded in shared history, culture and interests. Nationalism has some of these qualities, but adds a sense of superiority…

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6 min

Philosophy

Academic Curiosity Under Threat

Desire to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man: so that man is distinguished, not only by his reason, but also by this…

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7 min

Philosophy

Why Pessimism Deserves A Fair Chance

And why are you firmly, so solemnly convinced that only the normal and the positive, in short, that only well being, is profitable for man? Is reason not perhaps mistaken…

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9 min

Psychology

Emotional Intelligence: An Inadequate Measurement of Performance

Lately, numerous voices haven spoken out about the educational crisis (see this magazine, Quillette and Merion West). These articles cover many Western educational systems in particular and highlight both their differences and…

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Alessandro van den Berg

Patriotism: An Emotion to be Encouraged or Condemned?

Academic Curiosity Under Threat

Why Pessimism Deserves A Fair Chance

Emotional Intelligence: An Inadequate Measurement of Performance

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