A Psychological Principle That Can Instantly Increase Your Motivation
One of the longstanding political debates in the United States concerns public education; no matter what changes we make to the system, there always seem to be plenty of problems to fix. Hiring high...
View ArticleNurses, Waitresses and Hairdressers Stage Protests Against Standing Desks
Well no, that didn't really happen. But in my mind, I keep expecting it to. Here's how the fantasy goes: At Christmas dinner, Barbara, who is a marketing executive, is regaling her family of nurses,...
View ArticleLifetime Guarantee: My Grandfather’s Pen
This calendar and pen set belonged to my grandfather. It stood on his desk, where he used the pen to write down totals of long columns of numbers (added in his head), scores of gin games (he usually...
View ArticleNow Here’s A Pretty Convincing Argument On How The Internet Is Ruining Our Lives
The Internet has its perks, but it certainly has its pitfalls, too. The latest video from The School Of Life, a London-based organization that focuses on developing emotional intelligence, warns that...
View Article4 Ways Meditation Can Empower Millennials At Work and in Life
Oh, I've researched you, you millennials. You are the largest living generation (those born roughly between the 80s and mid 2000s) and are a quarter of our population. And, cringe, you have been given...
View ArticleThe Modern Rules of Dating
Wait three days after your initial interaction to contact them. Don't talk about sex, politics, religion, or former partners/lovers/flings on the first date. You can take it to the bedroom once you've...
View ArticleSilence in the Time of the Apple Watch
I hate eating by myself. Fortunately, given the moral imperative that living in Manhattan creates to have a rich and full social calendar, I rarely have to. But on the occasion when either out of...
View Article5 Simple Swaps that Slim Down Everyday Cooking
By: Rise Coach, Jo Bartell, MS, RD, CDN. Rise is a nutrition app that connects you with a top registered dietitian for daily coaching and accountability.Before you even start to think about revamping...
View ArticleLife When You Can’t Google It
To my surprise, when I first moved to China it was easy to adapt to almost everything. Pollution, dirty tap water, and crowds? No problem, I'll use face masks, bottled water and elbows to get by. But...
View Articlei(ntolerable)Phone Behavior
Call it the neon blue light of romantic discord. Allow me to set the scene: It's been a long day. You lay cozily in bed with your partner. The alarm's set for the morning. You're beginning to drift...
View ArticleYes, There Is A Right Way To Use Technology
Photo by BrunoA Pew Research Center report released earlier this month on social media use and stress has gotten a lot of play in subsequent media coverage, with recent headlines even happily declaring...
View ArticleCan’t Get A Standing Desk? These Are Almost As Good
By Corrie Pikul, SELFWe don't need any more studies telling us that sitting is killing us. Yet despite our commitment to stand up once every 45 — no, 20 — minutes, we still end up getting so engrossed...
View ArticleA New Strategy to Narrow Health Disparities: Humanizing eHealth
Co-authored by Brian Raymond, MPHToday 59 percent of people over the age of 65 are online, but they often reject using the Web for their health care, opting for more traditional face-to-face or over...
View ArticleDon’t Be a Dick
It’s pretty simple.Yet, somehow, we forget. We eat too much, sleep too little, wake up on the wrong side of life, are running late, annoyed by fate and let one asshole affect our whole day and, in...
View ArticleAn Atheist’s Perspective on the Rise of Christian Transhumanism
We are already transhumanists: A NASA astronaut in space — Photo by NASARecently, a number of religious transhumanists — those who advocate for using science, technology, and religion to improve the...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: Digital Detox
Thrive. It's a gorgeous, evocative word, conjuring powerful images of a life well lived. But life is hard, and thriving is easier said than done. So when Arianna Huffington's “Thrive eCourse” came...
View ArticlePope calls on the world to fight climate change crisis
In a passionate and wide-ranging essay published today, Pope Francis outlined the Catholic Church's concerns over climate change, issuing a call to action for both individuals and governments to tackle...
View ArticleReplacing a Heart Valve Without Opening the Heart
Here is a behind-the-scenes peek into an operating room in the midst of Silicon Valley.Here, routinely there is a groundbreaking intersection of technology and medicine that's blurring the lines...
View ArticleThe Future of the LGBT Movement May Involve Transhumanism
The rainbow flag, commonly the gay pride flag. Photo by Ludovic BertronThe other night my wife and I were reading to our 4-year-old daughter a children's book that we borrowed from the public library....
View ArticleMindfulness and the Average Smartphone: Technology for Calm Instead of Chaos
The modern, technology driven world often seems to make people feel distracted and stressed. In my field, child development research bluntly shows under-monitored technology influences children for the...
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