December 2011
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Social capital refers to connections among individuals […] A society of...
– Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone
'Top Five Regrets of The Dying' →
1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I didn’t work so hard.
3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
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'Why Love & Sex Drive Us Mad' →
Our attractions tend to be very specific, and while everyone might have an ideal physical type, it’s not just about ‘I like tall men with dark hair’. There’s way more to it. […]
[Dr. Harville] Hendrix’s 1988 book Getting the Love You Want is a classic of the relationship advice genre. His theory is that people have an unconscious template he calls the Imago. Winston says we’re...
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'Federal Reserve audit: $16 trillion' →
An audit of the Federal Reserve has revealed in the Sanders Report that the privately owned Federal Reserve secretly and unlawfully doled out more than $16 trillion in zero interest loans and concealed electronic funds transfers to some of the largest financial institutions and corporations in the United States and throughout the world. The non-partisan, investigative arm of Congress determined...