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Food: The Hidden Force That Shaped Human History
We were hunter-gatherers for most of our existence. If the entire history of Homo sapiens were compressed into one hour, agriculture would have appeared only about 3–4 minutes ago. In other words, the way we live today is extremely recent when measured against the span of human existence. Agriculture began roughly 10,000–12,000 years ago and… Read more
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Simplify, Simplify! How Less Can Lead to More
In 1854, Henry David Thoreau published Walden, a book written after his experiment of living simply in a small cabin near Walden Pond. More than 170 years later, his words still feel remarkably relevant. “Our life is frittered away by detail,” he wrote, before offering his famous advice: “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!” He was arguing that… Read more
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The School Bench We Never Had
In 7th grade, we were asked to bring our own mat. Every Wednesday, benches used to come out. It was a celebration when we got to use the benches instead of sitting on the floor. Most of us were not used to such luxury. So, naturally, we ruined it. We would draw lines to partition… Read more
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Things You Should Quit for a Quieter Life
Noise makes life complicated. Internal noise, digital noise, external noise. It eats up so much of your brain’s capacity that you tend not to realize when you have stopped having time for the important things you care about. People generally complain that they do not have time. It is because they are preoccupied with adhering… Read more
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Is Following Your Passion Even a Thing?
“Follow your passion.” It is probably one of the most repeated pieces of advice in modern life. It appears in commencement speeches, self-help books, career blogs, and motivational videos. We are told that somewhere inside us lies a passion waiting to be discovered, and that happiness depends on finding it. But is passion actually a… Read more
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Effort Used to Be the Filter
I don’t think anyone chooses to become extreme. That is what makes this worth writing about. Nobody wakes up and decides to move further from the middle. And yet almost everyone I read online seems to have drifted somewhere — far right, far left, certain. Here is what I think is happening. The algorithm does… Read more
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