Culture

George Orwell Knew We’d Buy the Screens That Are Used Against Us 0
- Culture
- July 24, 2018
Sales of George Orwell’s utopian novel 1984 (1949) have spiked twice recently, both times in response to political events. In early 2017, the idea of ‘alternative facts’ called to mind Winston Smith, the book’s protagonist and, as a clerk in the Ministry of Truth, a professional alternator of facts. And in 2013, the US National
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What Living in a Single-Sex Dorm Has Taught Me About Men and Women 0
- Culture
- July 23, 2018
The college I attend is admittedly not your average college. We have no majors and no minors. We have no professors and no lectures, and I’ve not cracked open a textbook in the entire time I’ve been here. We don’t have many tests at all. (Don’t worry, we still learn—just not in the conventional way). Most
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101 Books Millennials Should Read Before They Die 0
- Culture
- July 23, 2018
MercatorNet’s book list, “101 books Gen Ys must read before they die”, which we published in 2012, long before anyone had ever heard of Millennials, has become one of our most popular features. So here is a sequel for the next generation, selected according to the same criteria: the books have to be interesting, enriching
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Is Motherhood Falling Out of Fashion?0
- Culture
- July 20, 2018
Over the last several months, I’ve received multiple recommendations for one single book: Jane Eyre. I finally got around to cracking its cover and can happily say that I’m a quarter of the way through – and enjoying it very much. Jane Eyre is prominently known for the rather stormy relationships the title character has
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Self Control: The Overlooked Key to Wealth and Health 0
- Culture
- July 20, 2018
Experts often tell us that actions are a product of our genetics and environment. Happiness, health, and success correlate with biological or external realities. We can’t escape them, but we must cope with them. Turns out, that’s only part of the story. We have a secret weapon to take back ownership of our fates. Self-control.
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Think Open-Plan Offices Are More Efficient? Think Again.0
- Culture
- July 19, 2018
Open-plan offices have taken off because of a desire to increase interaction and collaboration among workers. But an innovative new study has found that employees in open-plan offices spend 73% less time in face-to-face interactions. Email and messaging use shot up by over 67%. The study is the first to track the impacts of open-plan
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