David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
Unleash Your Inner Festival: Why It’s Awesome to Have a Woodstock in Your Head (And How to Cultivate It!)
The vibrant inner world fueled by imagination is a precious thing. It allows us to escape the ordinary, boost creativity, enhance emotional well-being, and sharpen cognitive skills. Embracing daydreaming, feeding curiosity, engaging senses, expressing creativity, and practicing mindfulness nurtures this inner festival, a unique and boundless space for joy and creativity.
Flower Power to Green Living: The Hippie Movement at 60
In the midst of the 1960s, the hippie movement emerged, driven by a desire for peace and social justice. Rejecting conventionality, hippies embraced communal living and environmental awareness, leaving a lasting impact on society. Their legacy lives on in today’s focus on sustainability, social activism, and the pursuit of peace and harmony.
The Hippie Counterculture Revolution: A Cultural Shift
The 1960s wasn’t just a decade of change, it was a cultural revolution. At the heart of this movement stood the hippies, a generation known for their idealism, free-spiritedness, and countercultural beliefs. But what exactly did the hippie counterculture represent?…
Unraveling the Tapestry of Hippies: Beyond Stereotypes and Popular Narratives
The hippies of the 1960s and 1970s, their movement continues to spark curiosity and debate, often reduced to caricature and simplistic representations. While tie-dye shirts, psychedelic music and recreational drugs were part of the scene, these elements paint only a…
Was the hippie movement a necessary disruption? Where would we be now…?
The hippie movement in America during the 1960s and early 1970s was a countercultural phenomenon that challenged the mainstream ideals of consumerism, capitalism and conformity. The hippie disruption emerged in unison with social, political and economic rebellion seeded in the…
What influence did hippie fashion have on how we dress now?
During the 1960s, hippie fashion emerged as a unique countercultural phenomenon that challenged traditional norms and values by embracing individualism, peace and equality. The origins of the movement can be traced back to the Beat Generation of the 1950s. Beats…
How Hippies Made America Better and It Impacts Your Life Today…
Today, I am here to argue that hippies made America better. It’s often been said that the hippie movement of the late 1960s was nothing more than a bunch of counter-culture kids high on drugs and up to no good….
How Hippies Saved Physics and the Modern World for Peace
For generations, physics seemed far outside the realm of everyday people. So, few noticed when hippies saved physics from becoming exclusively a tool of war. But, in the late 1960s, hippies across America began developing their own interpretations of this…
What Does Free Thinking Mean Now? Lessons From the Counterculture
“You’re never too old to learn,” people say. And they’re right – I’m currently learning about the art of free-thinking from the hippie counterculture. It’s been an interesting (and somewhat eye-opening) experience, to say the least. Here are some of…
Will the Hippies Come Back? A Look at the Modern Hippie Movement
The Hippie movement of the 1960s and 1970s challenged societal norms and embraced peace, love, and equality. Today’s “modern hippies” prioritize environmental sustainability, social justice, and personal freedom. While not identical to their predecessors, they seek a more meaningful and authentic way of life. The enduring appeal of their core principles suggests a lasting influence.
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor