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Super interesting shit. It seems that we have a certain instinct, that if something is valuable, we immediatelly assume it must also be scarce…
If You Like It, It Must Be Rare: Scientific American Podcast
If a subject was paid to spot flower photos, they consistently guessed (at the end of the process) that there were fewer [...]

Yes you’re busy. But is that a good reason to postpone taking care of your health? Just accept the fact that you’re ALWAYS going to BE busy, and try another approach: Reprioritize. Reevaluate and realign your priorities. In order to do this, there first has to be a critical shift in perception. How important do [...]

In a study published a couple years ago (in the Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine), a sample of 3,682 married men and women were surveyed about the ways in which they discussed and resolved differences in their marriage. It turned out that approximately 25% of the women in the study reported that they typically did not [...]

There are two competing ideas on the process that governs the formation and maintenance of beliefs: 1) people maintain a belief because they have limited access to opposing beliefs, or 2) because they actively filter information in a way that avoids conflicting views. A new meta-analysis of past studies confirms the existence of active avoidance; [...]

Interest in acceptance, mindfulness, and values has exploded over the last several years. You can see it in the popularity of works by authors such as Eckhart Tolle or Rick Warren, the visibility of the Dalai Lama, or the content of a few weeks worth of Oprah. You can see it what is popular in [...]

“In stark contrast to the claims in the literature and the media we found very little evidence of the superiority of unconscious though for complex decisions.” (Newell et al., 2009; p.19).Indeed in more naturalistic conditions conscious thought was sometimes superior to unconscious thought.Two other recent papers published in the journal Judgement [...]

Value is “the human cobweb,” as Jerome Kagan aptly put it. To know anything about spiders, you have to understand the one thing that makes them unlike all other insects: They make cobwebs. To know about human beings you have to grasp our ability to make things important to us – above and beyond survival [...]

From a movie called coach-carter or something… The movie isn’t so important as the quote. Its my friend Mark’s favorite quote.

I really like the part about “Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were all meant to shine [...]

Interesting video from Will Smith in “The pursuit of happiness”. I’m watching it right now coz this clip inspired me… But the movie itself is kind of boring lol.
Then again Mandeep says he’s seen it 8 times. I think in terms of personal growth, to me, Fight Club was IT… But this clip is pretty [...]