HeyJaredThe Science of Being
exploring the intersection of science, philosophy, psychology, and art within the human experience
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Sep 24, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 27, 2026
Latest issues
the imperfect communication of human beings (opens the original)
Read excerpt
The need to understand everyone can be its own form of self-neglect. Why deal with your anguish, when you can just get it lost in someone else’s?<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="722" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JbQB!,w
how to stop fearing the parts of yourself that resemble what hurt you (opens the original)
Read excerpt
The man who raised me felt not one ounce responsible for the anger he spewed throughout my youth. There seemed to be some self generated second self residing in a hidden corner of him, a watchful shadow that stalked the corridors of the house long before he appeared and long after he had finally shut the door. When I was young I was convinced I really could see it, slithering around the edges of his shoulders.Each time his rage was spent we returned to the familiar routines that form what a norm
you need more than something to escape (opens the original)
Read excerpt
I knew from a young age exactly what I refused to become, the kind of person I would spend my life trying not to resemble. And for a long time I understood myself more through what I rejected than in what I desired, this certainty gave shape to my decisions. Knowing what you reject can feel almost indistinguishable from knowing yourself. You find direction in the form of something to move away from until of course you eventually realise that this tells you very little about where it is you want
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.