How to Disagree Without Compromise
A Podcast at Wisdom of Crowds: Many attempts have been made to deal with polarization. A lot of it has to do with putting people with diverging perspectives face-to-face in
‘Putin Is My Enemy.’ The Revolution of Yulia Navalnaya
Simon Schuster in Time: In Russian custom, the soul of the dead is believed to remain on earth for forty days, finishing its business among the living before it moves on
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark Manson, the #1 NY Times Bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k and Everything Is F**ked: A Book About Hope–he writes life advice that is
Traveling At The Speed Of The Soul
Nick Hunt in Noema: Returning home after being away for any length of time is strange. The Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta, who journeyed 70,000 miles across much of the 14th-century Islamic
Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Black Man
Henry Louis Gates, Jr at The New Yorker (from 1995): The two weeks spanning the O. J. Simpson verdict and Louis Farrakhan’s Million Man March on Washington were a good time
Kerala: One Indian State, Four Exhilarating Ways
Scott Hocker at The Week: Kerala is a microcosm of India itself. The 360-mile-long sliver abutting the Arabian Sea is a bewildering jumble of people, places and cultures. Impossible to
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Philosophy is an Art
Peter West at Aeon: Philosophical theories are much more like good stories than scientific explanations.’ This provocative remark comes from the paper ‘Linguistic Philosophy and Perception’ (1953) by Margaret Macdonald.
East vs West: Unveiling Differences & Exploring Life, Philosophy & Poetry
Conversation: Host Naeem Sikandar discusses with @khurramellahiofficial some very interesting topics. Khurram Ellahi is a Ph.D. Scholar in Human Resource Management. He has been working as a motivational speaker while
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Can Certain Foods Really Stave Off Dementia?
Amelia Nierenberg in The New York Times: Walnuts can improve cognitive function. Blueberries can boost memory. Fish oil supplements can lower your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. You may have noticed these buzzy “brain food”
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It was Like ‘The Twilight Zone,’ But With O.J., it Was All Too Real
Rick Cleveland at Mississippi Today: No telling how many times this sports writer has made the drive back from Oxford to Jackson following some sports event. Hundreds of times for
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Inspiring Quotes From Famous Visual Artists
From cave art to contemporary art, humans have created the most outstanding works of art and reflected on every aspect of human life and its relationship with creativity. And throughout the
A Tale of Two Football Matches
by Engr. Habib Khan from Quetta: In my youth days, I happened to be in Central Ukraine during the Soviet era, and was fascinated by the immensity of their sports