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Truths we all should know
Stories we all should hear
World's biggest challenges
Oppressive regimes
Citizen Assembly
Shaping culture
Media we can trust
Businesses to boycott
Political vocabulary
My favorite books
My favorite films
My favorite shows
My favorite podcasts
My favorite games
My favorite recipes
My personal values
Self-mastery
Relationship advice
A few words of wisdom
Jokes
Bucket list
Other public communities
This is an excellent and very clever fictional short-story about "life after death".
(But maybe it's not fictional)
The Egg
By: Andy Weir
You were on your way home when you died.
It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two...
(But maybe it's not fictional)
The Egg
By: Andy Weir
You were on your way home when you died.
It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two...
Memento mori
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori
Memento mori (Latin for 'remember that you [have to] die'[2]) is an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death.[2] The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity, and appeared in funeral art and architecture...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori
Memento mori (Latin for 'remember that you [have to] die'[2]) is an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death.[2] The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity, and appeared in funeral art and architecture...
Witold Pilecki
Poland's Chief Rabbi, Michael Schudrich, writes in the foreword to a 2012 English translation of Pilecki's report:
"When God created the human being, God had in mind that we should all be like Captain Witold Pilecki, of blessed memory."
Historian Norman Davies writes in the...
Poland's Chief Rabbi, Michael Schudrich, writes in the foreword to a 2012 English translation of Pilecki's report:
"When God created the human being, God had in mind that we should all be like Captain Witold Pilecki, of blessed memory."
Historian Norman Davies writes in the...
Kids in school were learning about the Salem Witch Trials, and their teacher told them they were going to play a game.
"I'm going to come around and whisper to each of you whether you're a witch or a regular person. Your goal is to build the largest group possible that does NOT have a witch in it...
"I'm going to come around and whisper to each of you whether you're a witch or a regular person. Your goal is to build the largest group possible that does NOT have a witch in it...
How Finland Found A Solution To Homelessness
by Explained with Dom
https://youtu.be/DPh4PN8e0ds?si=dMv56eG5j7CkFi5K...
by Explained with Dom
https://youtu.be/DPh4PN8e0ds?si=dMv56eG5j7CkFi5K...
Richard Wrangham: Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #229
Richard Wrangham is a biological anthropologist at Harvard, specializing in the study of primates and the evolution of violence, sex, cooking, culture, and other aspects of ape and human behavior. In this interview...
Richard Wrangham is a biological anthropologist at Harvard, specializing in the study of primates and the evolution of violence, sex, cooking, culture, and other aspects of ape and human behavior. In this interview...
Does Finland have the best education system?
In 2016, the Finnish Education System was ranked #1 in the world. Finnish education is famous for its autonomy, shorter school days, little homework, and above all, satisfied students, teachers, and parents.
About the Finnish Education System
Schooling...
In 2016, the Finnish Education System was ranked #1 in the world. Finnish education is famous for its autonomy, shorter school days, little homework, and above all, satisfied students, teachers, and parents.
About the Finnish Education System
Schooling...
Finland’s the world’s happiest country. Here’s how we do it.
CNN — According to the latest World Happiness Report, my country of Finland has the happiest people on Earth, a designation it has held for six consecutive years. I imagine that news might rankle some Americans, some of whom are...
CNN — According to the latest World Happiness Report, my country of Finland has the happiest people on Earth, a designation it has held for six consecutive years. I imagine that news might rankle some Americans, some of whom are...
Vietnam War from the North Vietnamese Perspective | Animated History
The Vietnam War is a highly controversial topic at the best of times. But during their many debates on the subject, Western historians rarely pause to consider how the conflict was seen through the eyes of the Vietnamese people...
The Vietnam War is a highly controversial topic at the best of times. But during their many debates on the subject, Western historians rarely pause to consider how the conflict was seen through the eyes of the Vietnamese people...
What if i told you that a single joint was was responsible for the peaceful collapse of the Soviet Union? Ok, sure, the USSR was going down one way or another, but it could have easily ended in a blood-bath.
This is a story of how a Marijuana-inspired movement of magical creatures from Polish...
This is a story of how a Marijuana-inspired movement of magical creatures from Polish...
Shavarsh Vladimiri Karapetyan is a Merited Master of Sports of the USSR and a ten-time World Record-breaker in finswimming. He became well known in the former USSR for his heroic actions of saving peoples' lives. On September 16, 1976 while jogging alongside Yerevan Lake with his brother Kamo, also a...
Many of us use words like “moron”, “imbecile”, “idiot”, and “cretin” quite carelessly. But do we bother to know the history of these insults?
Let’s find out!
The Incredibly Dark Origins of the Terms “Idiot”, “Imbecile”, and “Moron”
https://youtu.be/O9SasmwFPVk...
Let’s find out!
The Incredibly Dark Origins of the Terms “Idiot”, “Imbecile”, and “Moron”
https://youtu.be/O9SasmwFPVk...
You think your life is hard?
5 Of The Most Dangerous Jobs In The World
Documentary by Business Insider
At the center of many billion-dollar industries are workers that risk their lives making, mining, and moving our products. From scaling palm trees for acai to mining sulfur in an active...
5 Of The Most Dangerous Jobs In The World
Documentary by Business Insider
At the center of many billion-dollar industries are workers that risk their lives making, mining, and moving our products. From scaling palm trees for acai to mining sulfur in an active...
‘No one will remember us’:
India’s hero ‘rat hole miners’ who helped rescue 41 men from the Himalayan tunnel
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/india/india-uttarakhand-rat-miners-rescue-intl-hnk/index.html...
India’s hero ‘rat hole miners’ who helped rescue 41 men from the Himalayan tunnel
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/india/india-uttarakhand-rat-miners-rescue-intl-hnk/index.html...
The Birds I Never Met | North America's Extinct Birds
by Atlas Pro
This is not just a story about bird species going extinct due to human activity. This is also about how the loss of these species can affect us very significantly, often in ways that we can never imagine... until it's too...
by Atlas Pro
This is not just a story about bird species going extinct due to human activity. This is also about how the loss of these species can affect us very significantly, often in ways that we can never imagine... until it's too...
Work.
by Historia Civilis
One of capitalism's most durable myths is that it has reduced human toil.
– Juliet B. Shor
The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure (1991)
"We work too much. This is a pretty recent phenomenon, and so this fact makes us unusual historically. It...
by Historia Civilis
One of capitalism's most durable myths is that it has reduced human toil.
– Juliet B. Shor
The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure (1991)
"We work too much. This is a pretty recent phenomenon, and so this fact makes us unusual historically. It...
This is a story about the beauty of collective action where disempowered people stand up together to exact justice. It is also a story of how powerful women can be when they fully connect with their feminine identity – just because femininity is stereotypically patient, nurturing, and yielding, it...
My toddler son and i almost died today.
It was a beautiful, sunny, autumn day, and the two of us were waiting in the park for Mama to finish a visit to the dentist. I was laying on the grass while talking on the phone with a long lost friend, making plans for our kids to play together. My son was...
It was a beautiful, sunny, autumn day, and the two of us were waiting in the park for Mama to finish a visit to the dentist. I was laying on the grass while talking on the phone with a long lost friend, making plans for our kids to play together. My son was...
Corporations have found a more insidious way to exploit intellectual monopoly laws to control our lives and increase their profits.
Watch
“How John Deere Robs Farmers Of $4 Billion A Year”
by More Perfect Union.
https://youtu.be/jaOS6bGta7M?si=Hvx6nRAwlAjkKfuI...
Watch
“How John Deere Robs Farmers Of $4 Billion A Year”
by More Perfect Union.
https://youtu.be/jaOS6bGta7M?si=Hvx6nRAwlAjkKfuI...