Legendary Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips on Why the Capacity for Boredom Is Essential for a Full Life
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Legendary Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips on Why the Capacity for Boredom Is Essential for a Full Life

“Boredom … protects the individual, makes tolerable for him the impossible experience of waiting for something without knowing what it could be.” When was the last time you…

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The Psychology of Your Future Self and How Your Present Illusions Hinder Your Future Happiness
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The Psychology of Your Future Self and How Your Present Illusions Hinder Your Future Happiness

Ths is an RSS Feed from www.brainpickings.org, written by Maria Popova “Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished.” Philosopher Joshua Knobe recently posed a…

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Anna Deavere Smith on Discipline and How We Can Learn to Stop Letting Others Define Us
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Anna Deavere Smith on Discipline and How We Can Learn to Stop Letting Others Define Us

“What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to become in the bigger scheme of…

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CEO Puts Accent on Love
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CEO Puts Accent on Love

Have you ever been charmed by someone with an accent? You’re not alone. Dale Ballard, CEO and founder of eGlobal Mashup LLC, created a dating site for people…

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Brainwashing is Psychological Abuse
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Brainwashing is Psychological Abuse

In her book, Brainwashed, Kathleen Taylor describes her research on brainwashing and  “discusses how the extreme social psychological pressures that… Read More »

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Have You Read – Why Programmers Work at Night?
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Have You Read – Why Programmers Work at Night?

"A popular saying goes that programmers are machines that turn caffeine into code. And sure enough, ask a random programmer when they do their best work and there’s…

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