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Everyday Stories, Lived

  • Is this the future of dying?

    Can you take your life at your bidding if it means that you don’t have to suffer through your terminal illness? Here’s a story about how Gabriella Walsh, who had bone cancer, made the most of her life and arranged the day of her death. What could be the moral implications of this kind of… Read more

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  • Sowing and reaping generosity

    I couldn’t emphasize more how your generosity keeps on bearing fruit. So, if you’re still wondering where a stingy heart goes, well it never goes anywhere. A stingy heart wilts and eventually loses its life. But with generosity, life keeps flowing. Read more

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  • How to get unwanted stares these days

    Pre-pandemic, we don’t mind people coughing in public and confined places as much as we do now. I remember how my cousin coughed in the elevator with at most five people. And it wasn’t even a cough like that; he just cleared his throat from the fruit shake that seemed to get stuck in his… Read more

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  • “Time poor”

    What is time poor? It’s a term used to describe someone who doesn’t have time to do the things they want or wish to do. I like how the Cambridge Dictionary put it: Increasingly, both men and women in the professional middle classes are work-rich and time-poor. Are you time poor? Perhaps, with Universal Basic… Read more

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  • Letter no. 28

    Inspired by this future scenario—face searching. Dear reader from the future, I don’t know what to feel about having my face searched online, like how we search for names or topics over the internet today. Yes, I post stuff online, like my profile on different social media accounts, which includes personal details and various media… Read more

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  • Are you ready for a world in which facial recognition technologies allow regular people to face search you on the internet?

    This scenario is based from our monthly scenario club at the Urgent Optimists. Urgent Optimists is a community that brings “together people who want to feel authentically hopeful about the future, and who are working to create positive transformation in society and in their own lives.” I’m a member of Urgent Optimists, and I think… Read more

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  • Creating new routines

    I told you before how transitions feel painful. And can you imagine how energy- and mentally-intensive it is to create new routines and establish new habits? But once you’ve crossed over that gap between what you’re used to and setting up new routines, a future of possibilities begins to roll out like a red carpet… Read more

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