2025 Top 10
Here are the top 10 most read posts on this newsletter page as we close out 2025.
What I read: “Nine psychological reasons why we love lists” by Claudia Hammond. Published April 12, 2015.
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As human beings, we appear to love lists and rankings. At this time of year, we’re awash in “Top 10” lists of many kinds in our inboxes and across our social media feeds.
I’ll let you read Claudia Hammond’s article about the reasons why we love lists, but here is my contribution to the end-of-year onslaught of Top 10 lists. Of the 365 posts published on this Musings from a Curious Mind newsletter page, here are the most read 10 posts as of December 30, 2025.
“Turning 67.”
“A Nation’s Strength: Why Morality and Ethics Must Lead the Way.”
“Standing Out – Post 8.” Requires paid subscription.
“Standing Out – Post 11.” Requires paid subscription.
May your 2026 be as good as it can possibly be.
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