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Continue reading →: The Switch Was Hiding in Pond WaterThe 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to the discovery of optogenetics: a light switch for brain cells that began with a single-celled alga swimming toward the sun.
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Continue reading →: Nothing Left To DoJohn Calhoun built a paradise for mice and it went extinct anyway. Not from scarcity of food, but from scarcity of purpose. What that says about us as AI absorbs more of what people are needed for.
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Continue reading →: Civil IntelligenceEmotional intelligence covers people we know. Most of life is spent among strangers. Civil intelligence is the name for whatever makes that go well.
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Continue reading →: Emotional StraightjacketThis is based on the real experiences of journalist Norah Vincent. She documented her 18-month immersion as a man named Ned in her 2006 book Self-Made Man: One Woman’s Year Disguised as a Man, where she explored male social dynamics through activities like joining a bowling league, dating women, working…
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Continue reading →: Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing UsEvery American should read this to understand the healthcare crisis. If you are confused by the notion that those least able to pay are the ones singled out to pay the highest rates, welcome to the American medical marketplace. – Steven Brill Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us…
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Continue reading →: Charles Darwin – The “Evolving” GeniusWho knew that minds of the first rank wake up some days feeling like they belong in a sewer? In his short biography of Darwin, David Quammen writes that he was “nerdy, systematic, prone to anxiety.” He was not quick, witty, or social. He spent decades working out his ideas,…
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