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  • 3 Ways to be a Great Friend as Told by Alcuin of York

    3 Ways to be a Great Friend as Told by Alcuin of York0

    If you are looking for “rules for life,” then you might want to start with Alcuin of York, an 8th century cleric. Never heard of him? You should have. Alcuin was Charlemagne’s secretary of education and the driving force behind the “Carolingian Renaissance.” Charlemagne, the First Holy Roman Emperor (815), was convinced that a revival

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  • 3 Ways Milton Friedman Improved the Field of Economics

    3 Ways Milton Friedman Improved the Field of Economics0

    Milton Friedman is probably the most important free-market thinker of the twentieth century. His ideas in defense of capitalism and economic freedom had an enormous influence on the shift towards free-market policies that took place from the 1970s onwards. Countries like the UK, China, Chile, or Estonia followed the economic recipes contained in best sellers

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  • 3 Ways Hiking Changes Your Brain

    3 Ways Hiking Changes Your Brain0

    Many people already know that hiking is a healthy exercise that promotes physical and emotional well-being, but now science finally has some evidence that not only is it good for you, it actually changes the makeup of your brain, in a good way. It helps you get rid of your negative thoughts One of the

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  • 3 Ways College Hinders Students

    3 Ways College Hinders Students0

    Across the country, students of all backgrounds and interests are gearing up to begin another semester of college. And there’s good news this time around! As NPR recently explained, tuition is remaining stable instead of growing at twice the inflation rate as it has for the last 26 years. But in spite of this rosy

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  • 3 Ways Bill Gates Can Actually Help Fix Education

    3 Ways Bill Gates Can Actually Help Fix Education0

    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has publicly admitted its mistakes in trying to reform schools. The failure of a number of its education initiatives just underscores the fact that the foundation doesn’t really have a clue as to what makes for good schools. The lesson may just be that they should stay out of education

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  • 3 Warning Signs Your Life is a Sitcom About Nothing

    3 Warning Signs Your Life is a Sitcom About Nothing0

    Mo Gawdat is the Chief Business Officer at Google X—the “moonshot’ division of Google that is responsible for speculative projects, such as Google’s driverless cars. Devastated by the sudden and unexpected loss of his beloved teenage son, Ali, Gawdat decided to put his engineering mindset into analyzing what produces happiness. Happiness, Gawdat writes in his

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