Todd Hayen For something to be a “new” normal, it must reach some measure of consensual normalcy. What is normalcy? Many people believe it is whatever sits at the...

Mattias Desmet is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at Ghent University in Belgium. His theory of mass formation during the coronavirus crisis has become widely known and widely misunderstood...

The concept of a ‘mass psychosis’, an unrecognised force which is influencing humanity in its darkest hour, has been gaining traction on social media. It might provide a useful...

Todd Hayen A few weeks ago, three friends on Facebook told me that they wished for my death. One of them I didn’t really know. He freaked out when...

Andrea Halewood ‘All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.’ Frank Herbert, Dune Many of us want to be led. As children we look to our parents...