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THE NOCTURNALS
While most people are fast asleep, some ultra-introverts are going about their lives, reveling in the quiet and solitude. They challenge...
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3 hours ago1 min read
How to Turn Anxiety Into Adventure
The secret is to turn your feeling of dread into the excitement of opportunity.
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Short term goals, work happiness and leadership
PwC research shows that employees who set short-term goals are more likely to hit performance targets and be happy at work. Leaders can...
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11 hours ago1 min read
How “contemplative leadership” can help us face uncertainty with confidence
A contemplative approach to leading others can help us accept the tension of not always knowing how things will play out. KEY TAKEAWAYS...
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13 hours ago1 min read
The “Closure Machine”: How humans really see the world
When a tree becomes a swing. Another perspective of "Fitness Beats Truth." KEY TAKEAWAYS In this week’s Mini Philosophy interview, I...
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13 hours ago1 min read
The Fight for Truth (...first, we must discover, ... and agree, .... upon a common reality)
Jonathan Rauch on the “constitution of knowledge,” disinformation’s dangers, and why reality always wins. Related, a common reality we...
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1 day ago2 min read
The Marriage Effect
A common narrative has it that commitment and motherhood make women unhappy. New data suggest the opposite is true.
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1 day ago1 min read
The Millionaire Who Left Wall Street to Become a Paramedic
After making millions in a job he came to hate, Jonathan Kleisner joined the Fire Department as a rookie paramedic at the age of 41. Now...
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2 days ago1 min read
What brain surgery taught me about the fragile gift of consciousness
After the trauma of a high-risk medical procedure, Eric Markowitz discovered a kind of consciousness that lives not in thought — but in...
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2 days ago2 min read
Constructing a plan for a happier life
Arthur Brooks shares five key insights from his new book, ‘The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life.’
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3 days ago1 min read
Our AI Fears Run Long and Deep
Fictional portrayals of computer sentience reveal not only what we want from this technology, but also what we know about the fallibility...
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3 days ago1 min read
I Study Stress. This Cure Surprised—and Helped—Me.
How strangers in Hawaii taught me that self-care can mean caring for others. "We’re all carrying invisible stressors. We’re also all...
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3 days ago1 min read
My Family Went Off Ultra-Processed Foods for a Month. The Results Surprised Us.
What started as an experiment has become our new diet.
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3 days ago1 min read
What are the skills critical for the future of work?
A study from Stanford says AI is taking jobs and making it harder for young people to find work. Tech education company founder Sinead...
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4 days ago1 min read
The End of Minimalism
Keeping a cluttered house has long been considered a little tacky, a little weak. But now it’s looking very wise.
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4 days ago1 min read
Implications of Pantakinesis to A.I. jeopardies, ... as well as to personal empowerment (... and accountabilities thereof) UII w/Claude
DM Good morning Claude. Let's revisit Pantakinesis ™ , ... and perhaps discover intriguing aspects as we do so. Before we begin, and...
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4 days ago19 min read
How emotional intelligence can help us to adapt to the changes at work
Workers are under more pressure to adapt to new technologies and demands. Emotional intelligence is going to become even more critical to...
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5 days ago1 min read
The Hardest Question for a Writer to Answer
For Miriam Toews, writing is a way of living with the unspeakable.
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5 days ago1 min read
If the University of Chicago Won’t Defend the Humanities, Who Will?
Why it matters that the University of Chicago is pausing admissions to doctoral programs in literature, philosophy, the arts, and...
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5 days ago1 min read
This overlooked lifestyle factor could be harming your brain
A decades-long study reveals just how sharply daily reading rates have fallen—and why researchers say this could affect health and...
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5 days ago1 min read
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