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Life out of order
RESOURCE: Book: Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Change (by Bruce Feiler) Podcast highlights: We’re all comparing ourselves to an ideal that no longer exists and beating ourselves up for not achieving it. Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Change (by Bruce Feiler) Often, our ideal for a life well-lived Read more
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There’s too much anger online these days
I feel weary being on Facebook these days. Is Facebook changing our social lives? If you’ve spent long enough on Facebook, you might agree that emotions are highly contagious within the platform. You might even convince yourself that you are not vulnerable to groupthink but often, the thoughts you allow in your mind become your Read more
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Sometimes, the little things can slip off your mind
You know what you ought to do. But sometimes, the little things can slip off your mind. And no matter how hard you try to remember everything, you might miss a thing or two (unless your memory is superb and without fail). Make a list so you won’t miss anything you want to finish throughout Read more
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Faux power
While I was on my way home, riding a bus, I overheard a passenger complain about how he felt disrespected by how the conductor dealt with him. Well, here’s a back story. When the conductor asked this passenger where he was heading to give him a ticket, he responded and added that a discount should Read more
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Wandering can alter how you relate to time
Have you ever noticed how you could spend the same eight hours differently? From The Wander Society: When we repeat the same activities day in and day out, we limit our ability to have new experiences. Over time our bodies, senses, and brains start to atrophy. Our world becomes smaller and smaller until we are Read more
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Election day is almost here and we’re getting more divided by the day
Babel is a metaphor for what some forms of social media have done to nearly all of the groups and institutions most important to the country’s future—and to us as a people. Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid When I was in high school, Facebook used to be a Read more
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Microgrids and food security
One study found that “inflation in oil price is harmful for energy security and threatening food security.” It suggests that “it’s necessary to diversify the energy consumption in agricultural sector.” And from this article, microgrids become the solution to liberate the food industry from relying on “fossil fuels for processing, transportation and fertilizers.” While the Read more
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