We're neglecting a powerful source of wellbeing at work: beauty. In our US/UK population surveys of nearly 11,000 people, finding beauty at work was linked to more flourishing and less burnout. The strongest source of beauty wasn’t office design but accomplishment. substack.com/@brandonvaid...

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In my latest post, I discuss results of our US-UK survey findings on where people encounter beauty in their work, and how this matters for human flourishing

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Where do Britons find beauty? And how does it relate to wellbeing and spirituality/religion? Early highlights from our nationally representative UK survey (N>5700) with @gallup.com and sponsored by @templetonfdn.bsky.social - open.substack.com/pub/brandonv...

Where do Britons really find beauty?

New highlights from a nationally representative survey of the UK population (N>5700)

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The new #MastersOfTheUniverse movie prompted me to write down and share the story of how my obsession with #HeMan got me into a lot of trouble as a child. It's a story about how the quest for beauty can derail us when it curdles into a drive to possess. www.beautyatwork.net/p/i-have-the...

Young adults are the heaviest AI users and the most worried about it. Our new US survey fielded by @gallup.com in conversation with Pope Leo XIV's first #encyclical. substack.com/@brandonvaid...

Even daily AI users are worried about AI

What a survey of 5,000 Americans says about Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical

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Where do #Americans really find #beauty? Initial findings from a brand new nationally representative population survey we fielded with @gallup.com, funded by @templetonfdn.bsky.social - substack.com/home/post/p-...

Where do Americans really find beauty?

Eight initial highlights from the new Beauty and Belief survey

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My latest piece for SSRC's The Immanent Frame on Religious and Spiritual Innovation: tif.ssrc.org/2026/04/09/r...

Religious and Spiritual Innovation: Defining an Emerging Field

It seems odd, at first glance, to talk about “innovation” in religion and spirituality. Religion is often imagined as a […]

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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.

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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My latest piece in @plough.bsky.social on scripted vs. revealed beauty

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“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

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...

The Laws of Life

S4E1: Dr. Michael Muthukrishna

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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...

Beyond the DEF logic

What scientists can teach us about spiritual intelligence

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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

Beyond the DEF logic

What scientists can teach us about spiritual intelligence

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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

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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

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...

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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.

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