"Why we're hooked on social networks"

Productivity is a means to an end, not an end all by itself.

I have spent over 20 years working in the nonprofit sector. I have develop programs, serve a fundraising director, executive director and now am an executive coach and organizational development consultant for a national youth development organization. You have written a pretty good article, but there is one big…

Whole fruits/veggies > Smoothies

Things like this are why I think it's important that everyone take at least one basic economics class at some point. I took a couple, and actually ended up adding economics as a second major in college. There's so much valuable information there that, unlike a lot of other courses, is quite applicable to almost…

I'm currently reading Daniel Kahneman's Think Fast Think Slow - an experimental based book on psychology, which is full of these interesting facts.

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Church! Slash other religious organizations!

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Nice find, Alan.

I must say that it's a lousy example. How hard is it to anticipate that some people will be unhappily single and put on the defensive by it?

It's hard even when you know correct grammar and spelling. People make mistakes! And that's why I love my copy editors.

I care more about facts than about the opinions of journalists. I love to drill down and scan through the actual research, think about methodology, etc. Science Daily sources a lot of great information that informs my thinking in other facets of life. SD also has little of the popular media's sensationalism about…

That's my way too and it's better than all medications in the world.

Read: LeVar Burton had it right. Reading can help build new neural connections in your brain, and encourage greater plasticity.