Research shows that social connection improves health and well-being. The challenge of isolation intensifies with age.

“What’s happening now has, in fact, been happening since the very invention of language and writing.”

DM So, it seems by combining our last conversation (re: "non-local consciousness," and the role GABA plays in consciousness "restraint" during life), ..and the content of our other related past conversations, ... we may have arrived at plausible, even logical, hypothesis: That is, the end of life (aka: physical death) may be but a Vanishing Point "Portal" for consciousness to enter a new dimension(s?) of Pantakinesis™ . I do realize we've little or no solid empirical or evid

Going along with an untruth for fear of disagreeing with others is a form of self-betrayal that will make you miserable. Excerpt: "What had kept the U.S.S.R. population in chains for so long was what the author and scientist Todd Rose has termed a “collective illusion,” precisely this phenomenon of people holding an opinion that is widely shared but that they believe is theirs alone—thus staying silent from fear of persecution or rejection."

The release of the remaining October 7 captives shows that hope can survive even in the darkest hole.

The fraying of my family and our working-class hometown

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How a creationist becama an evolutionist, and what it cost her

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The Washington Post reviewed leaked audio from four off-the-record lectures the tech investor delivered in San Francisco over the past...

At Standard Chartered, a ‘talent marketplace’ lets workers take on in-house ‘gigs’ to smooth the way for AI adoption. And the idea is...

DM Try as I'm able, I simply don't understand we humans' apparently dismal trajectory. The more rigorous are my thoughts, and the more...

The size of our social networks is limited even in the age of social media Quick Summary A major portion of the outsize human brain is...

Journey back to when humans first ventured into the Americas, a world teeming with colossal megafauna and dramatic climate shifts....

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Research shows that we are quick to spot it in others, slow to recognize it in ourselves. Here are ways to check yourself.

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When the paint shop leadership team for carmaker Audi initiated a change process, they decided to trust the power of questions.

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Adults are trading happy hour for field day, rediscovering the joys—and the aches—of their favorite elementary-school pastime