“The most important story about why Americans have become sad and alienated and rude, I believe, is also the simplest: We inhabit a society in which people are no longer trained in how to treat others with kindness and consideration.… Read More »Recommended Read: How America Got Mean
“Rizikoví sú pre vás teda takzvaní „myšičkári“? Presne tak. „Milujem“ najmä takých, čo mi napriek predpisu nedajú prednosť pri výjazde zo zastávky, čiže ma predbehnú, ale keď sa rozbehnem, prudko skočia na brzdu, lebo napríklad odbáčajú doprava. Ani netušia, aké… Read More »Odporúčané čítanie: Trolejbusár Richard Filipko: Za meškaním MHD sú zápchy, vodiči áut, ktorí nám nedajú prednosť, ale aj cestujúci
“Some people are convinced that the placebo effect must exist, because they notice when children receive a mild injury, kissing the boo-boo or perhaps applying a band-aid seems to soothe any upset. But I don’t think this is a healing… Read More »Recommended Read: A Case Against the Placebo Effect
“Truth for an addict is whatever they need it to be. Joe wanted us to pity him or maybe to forgive the hateful things he sometimes said or did when intoxicated. Or to forget that his isolation was self-imposed.”
“What Lies saw during his five-day trip to the U.S. was proof of a shifting order in the global economy. The U.S. and China are expanding their own industries and isolating themselves from the rest of the world. The Americans… Read More »Recommended Read: Germany’s Successful Economic Model Could Be Finished
“I built this explanation for myself in an explicit way. Most people don’t, and don’t have to. The pre-built narratives society provides are sufficient to suppress their human instinct to help others in need. Some of these narratives are cruel… Read More »Recommended Read: Why shouldn’t you give money to homeless people?
“Po tom, ako sa Kišiňov pripojil k protiruskej koalícii odsudzujúcej ruskú agresiu proti Ukrajine, muselo sa Moldavsko definitívne vzdať lacných ruských surovín. Mnohí Moldavci to berú osobne a vinia z toho prezidentku aj EÚ.” https://dennikn.sk/4283272/vyplakala-som-tam-vsetky-slzy-ako-moldavcanka-lora-vyrubala-ceresnovy-sad-a-preco-za-to-moze-eu/
“The problem, however, is that things like “mindset theory” are often peddled with little regard for whether they’re true or not, peddling concepts that make the reader feel smart because they sort of make sense. After all, being open to… Read More »Recommended Read: The Cult of Microsoft
“A good engineer is one whom I, as a manager or peer, can trust to progress a project, knowing that they will deliver a solution by working with the team and producing good quality, again and again.” https://candost.blog/on-good-software-engineers