Category: Living
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Don’t re-tweet if you wish to remember… Just draw. [OR: How the world is now lifeless]
In a digital world where information is at your fingertips, be prepared to hold on tight before it slips right through them. Research at Cornell University and Beijing University finds retweeting or otherwise sharing information creates a "cognitive overload" that interferes with learning and retaining what you've just seen. And this applies not only to…
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Disease. Accepting.
Can we learn to live with – rather than kill – cancer? A new study suggests that frequent, low-dose chemotherapy that keeps tumor growth under control may be more effective than standard high-dose chemotherapy that seeks to eradicate cancer cells completely. The treatment strategy, which was tested in mice, flies in the face of conventional…
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The Benedict Option…
Modern society is growing more and more atheistic. Let's not fool ourselves: People who are (honestly and essentially) religious are becoming a minority. Religion is having less and less impact on modern society, which believes that being "progressive" is more important than upholding the values which helped western civilization rise. The only option left seems…
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True Happiness. True Wealth. (Attention: Boring post. But important.)
"I'm quitting Instagram, YouTube and Tumblr," Essena O'Neil wrote in a final post. "Deleted over 2,000 photos here today that served no real purpose other than self-promotion. Without realizing, I've spent majority of my teenage life being addicted to social media, social approval, social status and my physical appearance." Before deleting her account, O'Neil edited…
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