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  • 5 Dangers of TV

    5 Dangers of TV0

    It’s not that technology is intrinsically bad. It is that it has both positive and negative impacts, it is not neutral. We therefore should be alert to those impacts, particularly the negative. On this topic, Joost Meerloo delves into the impact of TV on the population, particularly children. Interestingly, he published his opinions back in

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  • 5 Crucially Important Reminders about Technology

    5 Crucially Important Reminders about Technology0

    When discussing technology, people too often fall into the habit of either uncritically praising it or unconditionally condemning it. There is a critical need for greater nuance in the dialogue about technology. Author and scholar Neil Postman can perhaps help with this nuance. He spent thirty years studying the history of technological change. Among the

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  • 5 Creepy Science Terms That Explain Your Addiction to Junk Food

    5 Creepy Science Terms That Explain Your Addiction to Junk Food0

    Five years ago, the New York Times published an engaging exposé by Michael Moss titled “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food.”The exposé (which was adapted from Moss’ book titled Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us) revealed that Americans’ addiction to junk foods such as chips and soda was not merely the result of a lack of

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  • 5 Cool Coolidge Quotes

    5 Cool Coolidge Quotes0

    • October 1, 2015

    Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States in 1923, after the death of President Harding. Prior to being the vice president under President Harding, Coolidge had also served as governor of Massachusetts as well as in a variety of other government positions. Interestingly, despite earning the nickname of “Silent Cal” for his lack

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  • 5 Charts that Explain Why Millennials Are Not Having Children

    5 Charts that Explain Why Millennials Are Not Having Children0

    Today, roughly one in five women in the U.S. doesn’t have children. Thanks in part to this decline in birthrate, for the first time in U.S. history, there may soon be more elderly people than children. Based on trends in costs, it’s evident why many families are choosing to have fewer children – or in

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  • 5 Causes of the Protestant Reformation (Besides Indulgences)

    5 Causes of the Protestant Reformation (Besides Indulgences)1

    On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther purportedly nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church, thus marking the beginning of the Protestant Reformation—a movement that was to permanently divide Western Christendom. But it’s important to understand that Luther’s act did not come out of nowhere. Rather, it was preceded by at

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