Reading Time: 6 minutesTurns out, aging rears its salt-and-peppered head in intangible ways sooner than it does in imperfections of the skin.
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Reading Time: 5 minutesSonder is the humbling realization that, despite all your efforts to master the main character cocktail, everyone is the main character of their own lives.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe issue with this kind of erotic entertainment isn’t necessarily the sexual acts depicted, but rather the issues of consent and power dynamics underlying mainstream porn.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe idea that we live in a digital simulation is being taken seriously by a number of academics.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDreams are not just useful as a barometer to measure people’s negative emotions. They can also be used to improve our mental health.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStreet smarts and book smarts are equally important traits to the pursuit of your career, since the ability to make sense of information contained in books and documents requires formal education as well as common sense.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTrue love is based on the simple things in life, like going out of your way to make that special someone happy.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe creation of incredible art often goes hand in hand with individuals who behave outside the norm. What is it about these “insane” artists that allows them to create such masterpieces?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I raise my right arm, it is an act of free will or simply a biological impulse? This question, posed by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, is an example of an age-old debate in modern philosophy: Does free will exist?
Reading Time: 2 minutesI believe nurture has a bigger influence on our personalities. Because nature just makes us something physical—a man, a woman, big, small, short, tall—but nurture is what makes us unique under the surface.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording to recent studies, it turns out money does play a substantial role in helping one achieve a certain level of contentment.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFailure can do one of two things: it’ll either give you an incomparable amount of motivation that’ll eventually lead to greater things, or you’ll be satisfied with the simple act of trying.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn my experience, the best kinds of friends act as mirrors. They are the ones who recognize the sparks of brilliance that you have inside you and help ignite that flame, turning it into a burning fire that pushes you forward in life.
