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  • Fragmented Attention? It Isn’t Just Your Brain.

    Fragmented Attention? It Isn’t Just Your Brain.0

    If we’re following culture’s prevailing train of thought, we’ve grown accustomed to considering our failing attention spans as the product of our brains. Our culture constantly prompts mental hyperactivity, and our brains are slowly being rewired to crave the instant dopamine hits that online platforms can give. Indeed, the conversation around attention focuses heavily on

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  • The Pleasure and Pain of Nostalgia

    The Pleasure and Pain of Nostalgia0

    Nostalgia derives from the Greek words “algos,” meaning grief or pain, and “nostos,” homecoming. In centuries past, physicians considered nostalgia a disease. In the first two years of the Civil War, for instance, Union army doctors diagnosed this intense longing for home and family as a serious and debilitating illness, with 2,588 reported cases and “13 deaths

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  • A Relationship Requires Someone Who Can Say No

    A Relationship Requires Someone Who Can Say No0

    We’ve entered a new era of sycophancy. Because we now live in a world of AI companions, many of us are familiar with the insufferable flattery that these machines bestow upon us. It’s pleasantry and passiveness at all costs. And it just makes good business sense. The major AI companies need us to be on

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