Brandon Vaidyanathan
@brvnathan.bsky.social
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“My colleagues and I have discovered four criteria—two internal and two external—that seem to mark the difference between thriving and failure.”
@brvnathan.bsky.social explores why institutions flourish or fail.
@brvnathan.bsky.social explores why institutions flourish or fail.
How Institutions Flourish—or Fail
Sociologist Brandon Vaidyanathan explores why institutions today rise or decay, outlining four virtues—stewardship, coherence, generativity, and beneficence—that enable them to sustain trust, form…
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December 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“My colleagues and I have discovered four criteria—two internal and two external—that seem to mark the difference between thriving and failure.”
@brvnathan.bsky.social explores why institutions flourish or fail.
@brvnathan.bsky.social explores why institutions flourish or fail.
My latest piece in @plough.bsky.social on scripted vs. revealed beauty
“Our appearance-obsessed culture trains us to measure ourselves and others by very particular forms of beauty – at the cost of health, freedom, and even love.” @brvnathan.bsky.social
My Mother’s Hidden Radiance
For years, her mental illness kept me from seeing her beauty.
www.plough.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My latest piece in @plough.bsky.social on scripted vs. revealed beauty
What is innovation and why is it one of the laws of life?
@michael.muthukrishna.com
explains in my latest podcast episode. Thanks to
@templetonrelig.bsky.social
for sponsoring this season on the beauty and burdens of innovation. www.beautyatwork.net/p/the-laws-o...
@michael.muthukrishna.com
explains in my latest podcast episode. Thanks to
@templetonrelig.bsky.social
for sponsoring this season on the beauty and burdens of innovation. www.beautyatwork.net/p/the-laws-o...
The Laws of Life
S4E1: Dr. Michael Muthukrishna
www.beautyatwork.net
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What is innovation and why is it one of the laws of life?
@michael.muthukrishna.com
explains in my latest podcast episode. Thanks to
@templetonrelig.bsky.social
for sponsoring this season on the beauty and burdens of innovation. www.beautyatwork.net/p/the-laws-o...
@michael.muthukrishna.com
explains in my latest podcast episode. Thanks to
@templetonrelig.bsky.social
for sponsoring this season on the beauty and burdens of innovation. www.beautyatwork.net/p/the-laws-o...
Reposted by Brandon Vaidyanathan
Read sociologist @brvnathan.bsky.social's latest piece on disenchantment/enchantment, modern science, and domination, extraction, and fragmentation (DEF). "Rather than depleting the sense of mystery and magic, science heightens it, deepens it," he says.
www.beautyatwork.net/p/beyond-the...
www.beautyatwork.net/p/beyond-the...
Beyond the DEF logic
What scientists can teach us about spiritual intelligence
www.beautyatwork.net
July 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Read sociologist @brvnathan.bsky.social's latest piece on disenchantment/enchantment, modern science, and domination, extraction, and fragmentation (DEF). "Rather than depleting the sense of mystery and magic, science heightens it, deepens it," he says.
www.beautyatwork.net/p/beyond-the...
www.beautyatwork.net/p/beyond-the...
In our latest article in @sociologica.bsky.social: We asked scientists how they imagine the public—and found 3 views: Indifferent, Dogmatic, Pragmatic. This matters for why science communication succeeds or fails. sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...
View of Indifferent, Dogmatic or Pragmatic: A Multi-Country Analysis of How Scientists View the Public and Public Engagement
| Sociologica
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July 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
In our latest article in @sociologica.bsky.social: We asked scientists how they imagine the public—and found 3 views: Indifferent, Dogmatic, Pragmatic. This matters for why science communication succeeds or fails. sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...
What can scientists teach us about spiritual intelligence? open.substack.com/pub/brandonv...
#science #spirituality #technology
#science #spirituality #technology
Beyond the DEF logic
What scientists can teach us about spiritual intelligence
open.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What can scientists teach us about spiritual intelligence? open.substack.com/pub/brandonv...
#science #spirituality #technology
#science #spirituality #technology
My latest piece in Wayfare Magazine on the summons of beauty: www.wayfaremagazine.org/p/summoned-b...
Summoned by Beauty
A Researcher's Unexpected Encounters with Tangible Transcendence
www.wayfaremagazine.org
July 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
My latest piece in Wayfare Magazine on the summons of beauty: www.wayfaremagazine.org/p/summoned-b...
How are we yearning for meaning in a disenchanted age? Here are highlights from our McGill symposium with Charles Taylor, Tara Isabella Burton, Galen Watts, Naomi Fisher, Rob Gilbert & Bill Barbieri -- sponsored by @templetonfdn.bsky.social. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/54i0LqWiJHE?...
May 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
How are we yearning for meaning in a disenchanted age? Here are highlights from our McGill symposium with Charles Taylor, Tara Isabella Burton, Galen Watts, Naomi Fisher, Rob Gilbert & Bill Barbieri -- sponsored by @templetonfdn.bsky.social. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/54i0LqWiJHE?...
In our latest @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social article, Benedetta Nicoli, Stefano Sbalchiero and I examine how science awakens spiritual yearning among religious and non-religious scientists: www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16...
Grateful to @templetonfdn.bsky.social for funding our research
Grateful to @templetonfdn.bsky.social for funding our research
www.mdpi.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In our latest @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social article, Benedetta Nicoli, Stefano Sbalchiero and I examine how science awakens spiritual yearning among religious and non-religious scientists: www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16...
Grateful to @templetonfdn.bsky.social for funding our research
Grateful to @templetonfdn.bsky.social for funding our research
We’re more digitally connected than ever—yet loneliness is surging. What can we do about it? I recently spoke with Sherry Turkle and Robert Putnam about social isolation, artificial intimacy, the erosion of trust, and how we might reclaim real connection: www.beautyatwork.net/yearning-for...
Yearning for Connection: Resisting Isolation in an Age of Artificial Intimacy
We're living in a paradox. At no point in history have we been more digitally connected than we are today—scrolling, liking, commenting, messaging. Yet, loneliness is at historic highs. The U.S. Surge...
www.beautyatwork.net
March 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
We’re more digitally connected than ever—yet loneliness is surging. What can we do about it? I recently spoke with Sherry Turkle and Robert Putnam about social isolation, artificial intimacy, the erosion of trust, and how we might reclaim real connection: www.beautyatwork.net/yearning-for...
Happy #PiDay! We're offering a special discount today for our upcoming event on #science and #spirituality in #NYC, featuring Robert Lawrence Kuhn (Closer to Truth), Alan Lightman (MIT), Neil Thiese (NYU), Scarlet Soriano (Duke), and Katy Hinman (AAAS-DoSER): www.eventbrite.sg/e/a-bridge-b...
A Bridge Between Worlds
An evening of deep dialogue and connection featuring a panel of 5 profound scientists exploring meaning in the age of science.
www.eventbrite.sg
March 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Happy #PiDay! We're offering a special discount today for our upcoming event on #science and #spirituality in #NYC, featuring Robert Lawrence Kuhn (Closer to Truth), Alan Lightman (MIT), Neil Thiese (NYU), Scarlet Soriano (Duke), and Katy Hinman (AAAS-DoSER): www.eventbrite.sg/e/a-bridge-b...