Month: January 2019

How I avoided Depression
The original title of this article was “How I Overcame Depression” because it sounds more spectacular and is more likely to propel me into the realm of fickle yet immensely enjoyable Internet fame. But I didn’t want to lie. I don’t believe my symptoms, burdensome and debilitating as they were, warranted the diagnosis of clinical ...
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Philosophy, The good life
Gentle lady, do not sing Sad songs about the end of love; Lay aside sadness and sing, How love that passes is enough. Sing about the long deep sleep Of lovers that are dead and how In the grave all love shall sleep Love is aweary now – James Joyce
Was an effort made to create this? Was an effort made to overcome this? Is good art the capitulation of the artist?
Review: Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
Seven years after his The Better Angels of our Nature, the book in which he presented abundant statistics and reasons why violence has declined, Steven Pinker has published an even more ambitious tome defending the idea and ideals of Enlightenment. The controversy that arose from the 'cautiously optimist' view he presented in 2011 might have ...
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Philosophy, Reviews
Whatever works (flarf)
Howdy, There's no doubt that your web site could be having internet browser compatibility issues. Raise your arms their own original position and then squeeze the blades of the shoulder. In countries like America where we eat little fish, the obesity rate is sky rocketing. First step is to write several high quality articles but additionally ...
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Poetry
Don't underestimate the power of pretty scientific models! On the catwalk of the universe they are all we have.