Speculation, Inquiry, and a Quest for Purpose

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2019-12-25

A More Personal Note

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In Essays, Personal
2019-12-25
25December

I’d like to say something to my friends who use Facebook because I feel like I’ve lost touch with nearly every single one of you due to my abstinence from this medium, what friendships remain have atrophied to being only echoes of the raucous chorus we used to share,— and I’d like to be better friends. There are few burdens or blessings that are not made better by sharing them...

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2019-02-04

Facebook and Social Pain

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In Commentary, Essays, Personal, Social
2019-02-04
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04February

Look, we all love facebook, but it’s hurting both us and our relationships. Pain in the Brain Pain consists of two components—the sensory and the affective—and those components reside in distinct regions of the brain. The somatosensory cortices allow us to know where we are injured while the posterior insula tells us how bad it is. The physical experience of pain is what we call the “sensory...

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