Category: Reading
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Near-Immortality
Read more: Near-ImmortalityLong for this World, by Jonathan Weiner, looks at the possibility of science conquering disease and people living much longer lives. [One scientist] predicts that when life expectancy reaches multiple centuries, humans may become extraordinarily risk-averse, unwilling to ride in a car or ski because they’ll have too much time ahead, too much to lose. “When.”
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Dysregulation Nation
Read more: Dysregulation NationJudith Warner coins a phrase and paints a grim portrait of our culture and its consequences: [I]n the anything-goes atmosphere of our recent past, it wasn’t just external controls that went awry; inwardly, people lost constraint and common sense, too. Now there is a case to be made that problems of self-regulation — of appetite,…
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Pain Anger Memory (Three Articles)
Read more: Pain Anger Memory (Three Articles)Three clicks to three articles on three topics: Pain, Depression Linked (PsychCentral) Exercise May Ward Off Anger (WebMD) Memory Improved By Saying Words Aloud (PsyBlog)
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Hooked on Gadgets
Read more: Hooked on GadgetsIn case you missed it, from the NYT: Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price about addiction to computers, cell phones, etc. Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information…While many people…
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Daily Mindfulness
Read more: Daily MindfulnessFrom Elisha Goldstein: 10 Ways to Live Mindfulness Today. Here are the first three: When awaking in the morning, before checking your cell phone for messages, take a few deep breaths and check in with the sensations of your body. Think of one genuinely kind thing to say to one person in your house before…