The Athenaeum of Human Behaviour

A place for the study of why people do what they do, others and ourselves both. We read people, trace the hidden reasons beneath behaviour,...
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JASEN Y. THAM@jasenytham·Jun 14

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JASEN Y. THAM@jasenytham·Jun 14

You have always noticed things other people miss.

The pause before the answer. The compliment that was really a question. The reason someone gives, and the reason sitting underneath it.

Most people never learn what to do with that. A few treat it as a discipline.

The Athenaeum of Human Behaviour is a learned society for the second kind. The study of why people do what they do, done properly.

The Vestibule is open, and free.
Sub Superficie.

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JASEN Y. THAM@jasenytham·Jun 14
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The Athenaeum of Human Behaviour

Some people cannot help noticing. The pause before someone answers. The reason that does not quite add up. The gap between what a person says and what they clearly mean. If you are one of them, you have found the right door.

The Athenaeum is a place for the study of why people do what they do, others and ourselves both. We read behaviour, trace the reasons beneath it, and in doing so come to understand ourselves more honestly. Not therapy. Not self help. The quiet, careful study of human nature, in good company.

There are two ways in.

Step into the Vestibule, free, and read the writings of the Athenaeum on the Open Shelf, join the conversation, and see how we think.

When you are ready to go further, take your place in the Institute, where the full library and the inner rooms are kept, among those who take this study seriously.

Move slowly. Read closely. Watch carefully.

Sub Superficie, beneath the surface.