Why Physical Touch Matters for Your Well-Being

Why Physical Touch Matters for Your Well-Being

Article by Jonathan Jones Physical contact seems to be declining in modern life. But what happens when we lack human touch? Earlier this year, Tiffany Field, head of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, traveled to...
The Cognitive Biases that Make Us All Terrible People

The Cognitive Biases that Make Us All Terrible People

Article by Mark Manson I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “How are there so many idiots in the world who can’t seem to see what is right in front of them?” You’re thinking, “Why do *I* seem to be blessed (or cursed) with the ability to see truth through a...
Talk About a Lack of Privacy

Talk About a Lack of Privacy

Article by Shaun Smillie News flush: Sewer-trawling technology knows the type of drugs you took last night Across the world, countries are using wastewater epidemiology (WWE) to assess narcotic use among population groups and, in at least one instance, WWE was used in...
Security Verses Privacy: A De-Actualizing Formulation

Security Verses Privacy: A De-Actualizing Formulation

Excerpts of the article by Norman Ball “Self-actualizers (no more than 2% of any population) require, “privacy and solitude more than others do”. Once again—this time courtesy of Maslow—we find the privacy-security equivalency embroiled in an apples-and-oranges...
Santa’s Privacy Policy

Santa’s Privacy Policy

Article by Laurence Hughes At Santa’s Workshop, your privacy is important to us. What follows is an explanation of how we collect and safeguard your personal information; the kind of information we collect; and your choices regarding our use and disclosure of this...
The Real Value of Money

The Real Value of Money

Article by Mark Manson One summer afternoon, a group of recent college graduates decided to visit their favorite professor at his home. The grads had been out of school for about a year and they were each making their foray into the quote-unquote “real world” and...

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