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  • People Can’t Stop Talking About ‘Post-Truth’; So what is it?

    People Can’t Stop Talking About ‘Post-Truth’; So what is it?0

    It’s official, folks: the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year is ‘post-truth’. What is the meaning of this Orwellian-esque concept?  The definition appears straightforward: “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” The term ‘post-truth’ isn’t new though. It’s been

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  • People Are Moving Faster… and Getting Dumber

    People Are Moving Faster… and Getting Dumber0

    We all know Aesop’s fable about the Tortoise and the Hare but few of us really believe, in the real world, that slowcoaches like the tortoise have a cat in hell’s chance of beating those in life’s fast lane. Few really believe, with Milton, that “they also serve who only stand and wait”. Those who

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  • People Are Increasingly Unaware of Their Ignorance, and It’s a Problem

    People Are Increasingly Unaware of Their Ignorance, and It’s a Problem6

    “Has there ever been a time in the world’s history when people were more sure of their opinions?” asks Jim Ferrell of the Arbinger Insitute. Ferrell observes, “We become set in our opinions precisely because we have lost sight of the fact that they are merely opinions…our culture is suffering from what one might call ‘opinion

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  • People and… Other People, Please Fasten Your Seatbelts

    People and… Other People, Please Fasten Your Seatbelts0

    “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard Japan Airlines Flight 062 bound for Los Angeles…” Those first three words will no longer be uttered, for Japan Airlines just announced it would retire this gendered language when communicating in English. “We aspire to be a company where we can create a positive atmosphere and treat everyone, including our

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  • Penn State Offers Free Psych Counseling as Trump Inauguration Nears

    Penn State Offers Free Psych Counseling as Trump Inauguration Nears0

    Safe spaces, trigger warnings, participation awards and now pre-presidential inauguration coddling. The Daily Collegian reports that Pennsylvania State University is offering students free psychological and counseling services “in this time of transition.” Yes, you heard it right, folks: Penn State is launching a special campaign to help millennial students cope with the stress, anxiety and

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  • Penetrating Wisdom from Marcus Aurelius

    Penetrating Wisdom from Marcus Aurelius0

    1. “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”   2. “Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.”   3. “Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.”   4. “There

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