Culture

Will Social Media Companies Ever Make Fighting Online Abuse a Priority?

Is it just me who believes we’ve lost our ability to have civil discourse? Every day, we rely on social media platforms to engage with like-minded people, promote ourselves, our work, and/or business. Unfortunately, the downside of increasing your visibility, especially when you wade into an online discussion with an unpopular opinion, is you become …

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Happiness Catch-22: Wanting More Makes Us Unhappy

From 2001 to 2004, I worked/lived in India. I saw firsthand heartbreaking poverty. My takeaway from my experience in India is that North Americans have no real problems, just 1st world problems. Our financial stress, feeling unsuccessful, constantly seeking fulfillment is caused by marketing propaganda’s influences and overabundance. It’s no secret that marketers and advertisers …

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‘Keeping in Mind: Social and Scientific Perspectives on Psychiatry’

1 ‘Keeping in Mind: Social and Scientific Perspectives on Psychiatry’. Dónal MacEoin. Dec. 2021. Galway, Ireland. Epigraph “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything”- George Bernard Shaw. Abstract The turn of the 21st century has been a particularly socially exhausting period of time. For mental health rights, …

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Negotiation etiquette: why conspicuous body armor can make negotiations difficult. The opinion of owner of “Demidov Armor”

An owner of the atelier just moved to the capital for business in the line of selling body armor. The atelier is named “Demidov Armor” and has now an outlet in the capital. The clients of the company are not just businessmen but also government officials and security companies. They provide the overall best body …

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Has carnism gone too far?

Society and environmental conditioning have been causing significant pressure and impact on our decisions, as well as the eating norms, so it’s not uncommon that people give up their ideas, succumb to peer pressure, and blindly follow what the majority does, without ever questioning it. Over the last few decades, due to the farming industry …

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