It’s a paradox: Shouldn’t the most accomplished be well equipped to make choices that maximize life satisfaction?
Source: Why So Many Smart People Aren’t Happy – The Atlantic
Thought For Today
I Decided Not to be a Writer – I’m OK With That
Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency. I’m one of them.
Source: Many Middle-Class Americans Are Living Paycheck to Paycheck – The Atlantic
Neal Gabler is a visiting professor in the MFA Creative Writing and Literature Program at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is the author of a forthcoming biography of Edward Kennedy and five other books.
Ever since my undergraduate days I’ve dreamed of being a writer. Not only do I love to write but I have to write. I write almost every day. I just don’t get paid to write. Having just read Neal Gabler’s article I feel the decision to pursue a different line of work and become a non-writer was a good decision. I just never thought that 40 years later I would be doing what I did for a living as a 22 year old kid fresh out of college.
No regrets.
32 Oklahoma quakes in 24-hour period could foretell stronger temblor, experts say – Tulsa World: Latest Earthquake Information From The U.S. Geological Survey
In a new 24-hour period, the United States Geological Survey most recently reported a 3.7-magnitude earthquake about 20 miles south of Alva at 8:01 a.m. Friday, about a mile and a half north of a 4.1-magnitude earthquake that occurred 25 minutes earlier. Those were preceded by a 2.7 quake 16 miles southwest of Medford at 3:54 a.m.
The article above was from January 8. They were right.
My personal definition of a good day has changed.
A good day is a day without earthquakes.
Doctors Get Less Aggressive Care Before Death | Medpage Today
Fewer in-hospital deaths, less surgery in last 6 months
Source: Doctors Get Less Aggressive Care Before Death | Medpage Today
Choose to Make a Difference | Physician’s Weekly for Medical News, Journals & Articles
“We don’t need to spend days ladling out food in the soup kitchen and traveling overseas to an impoverished land. We can make a difference every single day in the everyday life that we live. The universe we live in is billions of years old. Our lives here are a blink of an eye in comparison. Many of us travel this journey merely existing. Others live the adventure and find the purpose. The difference we make in the lives of others is tremendous. Yet, many of us fail to react to this calling.”
Source: Choose to Make a Difference | Physician’s Weekly for Medical News, Journals & Articles
Food fight at Oberlin College: Is bad Asian food ‘cultural appropriation’? – CSMonitor.com
The liberal arts school in Ohio found itself defending some cafeteria culinary options for students this fall.
Source: Food fight at Oberlin College: Is bad Asian food ‘cultural appropriation’? – CSMonitor.com
WTF ???
This article is a must read. Bad Asian food is simply bad food.
Why protest? Just don’t eat the stuff.
Jason Zweig on Wall Street’s big lie – Quartz
I think it’s a fundamental part of human nature to hate recognizing how random the universe really is, how important luck is in the course of human affairs and [how] difficult it is to predict what will happen before it happens.
This is Not a Day Care. It’s a University! – Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Dr. Everett Piper, President Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Source: This is Not a Day Care. It’s a University! – Oklahoma Wesleyan University
TRIGGER WARNING
If you believe in trigger warnings this is your trigger warning. Don’t read this article because it will piss you off and make you hate me.
Update 03.25.16
The president of Emory University has met with 40 to 50 student demonstrators who said they were concerned and frightened after someone wrote ‘Trump 2016’ .
Source: Emory University students scared by ‘Trump 2016’ chalk signs | Daily Mail Online
It’s enough to make you root for Trump. Well, almost.
After the GOP front-runner’s name was written in chalk on a campus wall, students said they ‘feared for their lives.’ The school vowed to identify the taggers. But professors at the school are now pushing back.
Source: Emory University Students Think Donald Trump Is Out to Kill Them – The Daily Beast
“They’re living in a cocoon bubble, and the university is validating their fears. If these students are frightened by someone writing ‘Trump 2016’ on campus, they need to see a psychiatrist.”
Harvey Klehr professor of political science at Emory
We are starting to see some of these young men and women leave the bubble and figure out how to make it in this world.
From what I’ve witnessed psychiatry and counseling may not be enough to help these victims of a higher educational system gone awry.
Doctors, parents, and spouses all rolled up into one person
“Being married to a doctor has changed how I see these amazing men and women.”
Source: Doctors, parents, and spouses all rolled up into one person
This article gave me a higher level of appreciation for emergency medicine physicians.
Neuroscience backs up the Buddhist belief that “the self” isn’t constant, but ever-changing
Source: Neuroscience backs up the Buddhist belief that “the self” isn’t constant, but ever-changing
I think I already knew this, perhaps from a former self.
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