Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness by Anne Harrington Norton In 1886, Clark Bell, the editor of the journal of the Medico-Legal Society of New York, relayed to a physician named Pliny Earle a query bound to be of interest to...
Reality is just part of our evolution
One of the deepest problems in epistemology is how we know the nature of reality. Over the millennia philosophers have offered many theories, from solipsism (only one’s mind is known to exist) to the theory that natural selection shaped our senses to give us an...
Furious trolls are everywhere: Even Internet moms are angry — and they hate you
Violent, enraged Internet trolls lurk everywhere, and have remade what seemed like an open space. Can we stop them? By Sara Scribner A young poet, enough of a rising star to be profiled in the New York Times Magazine, posts a poem called “The Rape Joke.” It begins,...
San Francisco’s Invisible Class War
This post was first published on Medium. In 2003, I was living in San Francisco and working at a startup when I overheard a colleague of mine -- a self-identified libertarian -- spout off about "the homeless problem." I don't remember exactly what he said, but I'm...
8 Things Really Successful People Do
Kevin Daum, Inc. Most people claim to want success. But not everyone is willing to do the hard work and the smart work to get there. Often opportunities present themselves and because people are distracted, they miss them or give up on them before things fully...
Program yourself for success (If you don’t have anything nice to say to yourself about yourself, don’t say anything at all.)
Your mission statement is always written in the present tense, as though you have already become the person that you have described. It is always positive rather than negative. And it is always personal. Program Yourself Correctly Your subconscious mind can only...
The Four Agreements Necessary for Personal Freedom
By Don Miguel Ruiz 1. Be Impeccable With Your Word Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. 2. Don't Take Anything Personally...
Three powerful principles for success
By Brian Tracy There are many similarities between business and war. In both cases, the victor is the one who uses superior strategy against his or her competition. There are three principles of military strategy you can apply to your work every single day. The first...