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WorkWorkOut of Your HeadOliver Sacks wasn’t always the beloved neurologist we remember today, sleuthing around the backwaters of the mind in search of mysterious mental disorders. For a few years in the 1960s, he was a committed psychonaut, often spending entire weekends blitzed out of his mind on weed, LSD, morning glory seeds, or mescaline.
WorkHelen Fisher, Who Researched the Brain's Love Circuitry, Dies at 79Helen E. Fisher, a biological anthropologist who went looking for love in the brain circuitry of people who were besotted as well as people who were rejected, and whose research into love led to a role as the chief science adviser to the dating service Match.com, died on Saturday at her husband’s home in the Bronx. She was 79. Work
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WorkYou'll soon be able to record your dreams. Here's howA well-publicised Japanese research study demonstrated the beginnings of the method in 2023: researchers recorded the brain activity of sleeping participants using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanners and then used machine learning to classify perceived objects, such as a key, a person or a chair from the activity. Work
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WorkWorkThe poisonous global politics of water - The Economist (No paywall)THE WATER thieves come at night. They arrive in trucks, suck water out of irrigation canals and drive off. This infuriates Alejandro Meneses, who owns a big vegetable farm in Coquimbo, a parched province of Chile. In theory, his landholding comes with the right to pour 40 litres of river-water a second on his fields. But thanks to drought, exacerbated by theft, he can get just a tenth of that, which he must negotiate with his neighbours. If the price of food goes up because farmers like him cannot grow enough, “there will be a big social problem,” he says.
WorkWork WorkFed Priorities Shift From Inflation to Jobs - Inc.com (No paywall)Two years later, the focus has changed again--this time to protecting the job market, as outlined in Chair Jerome Powell's speech Friday at the Fed's annual Jackson Hole conference. A policy catch-up again appears to be needed--in the other direction, albeit at a likely less frantic speed. WorkWhy Cynics Are Less Likely to Succeed - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)New research in behavioral science has revealed that cynical thinking stands in the way of success in the workplace. Cynics, it turns out, earn less money, report lower job satisfaction, and are less likely to be elevated to leadership positions. That’s because success is not the winner-take-all battle that cynics believe it to be. Cynicism, in fact, can bleed workplaces of creativity, openness, and morale, and the bottom line — whereas the people who succeed at work tend to so by building trusting connections and alliances. As a research psychologist, the author has worked with organizations and leaders to help them fight cynicism and bring the cooperative advantage to their teams, and in this article he lays out some effective approaches for doing so. WorkUnlock Purpose Before Payoff: How to Make Your Business Exit More Meaningful - Inc.com (No paywall)Stephanie Camarillo, an Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) member in Idaho, is a keynote speaker, retreat host, and self-described "freedompreneur." As the president of an award-winning franchise business in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, she facilitated one-third of her employees becoming homeowners and is an advocate for small business policy. We asked Stephanie about her strategy for finding her purpose as a business owner before she exits. WorkYou're More Likely to Get Heart Issues from COVID-19 Than the VaccineA new study published in JAMA has found that the risk associated with getting myocarditis—which is inflammation of the heart muscle, often triggered by the immune system as it responds to an infection—shortly after getting the COVID-19 vaccine is lower than the risk that can come from getting the disease. WorkThe huge stakes in the Supreme Court's new abortion caseOn the surface, it involves a relatively low-stakes fight over abortion. The Biden administration requires recipients of federal Title X grants — a federal program that funds family-planning services — to present patients with “neutral, factual information” about all of their family-planning options, including abortion. Grant recipients can comply with this requirement by giving patients a national call-in number that can inform those patients about abortion providers. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkPerth man preyed on 180 children in 'one of the worst' sexual extortion cases in history In Australia, children, young adults, parents and teachers can contact the Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800, or Bravehearts on 1800 272 831, and adult survivors can contact Blue Knot Foundation on 1300 657 380. In the UK, the NSPCC offers support to children on 0800 1111, and adults concerned about a child on 0808 800 5000. The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac) offers support for adult survivors on 0808 801 0331. In the US, call or text the Childhelp abuse hotline on 800-422-4453. Other sources of help can be found at Child Helplines International WorkNHS referrals for anxiety in children more than double pre-Covid levelsIn the UK, the charity Mind is available on 0300 123 3393 and Childline on 0800 1111. In the US, call or text Mental Health America at 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. In Australia, support is available at Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636, Lifeline on 13 11 14, and at MensLine on 1300 789 978 WorkWorkBillionaire Stanley Druckenmiller Goes Bargain Hunting: 2 Stocks He Just BoughtJeremy Bowman has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Coupang and Nvidia. The Motley Fool recommends British American Tobacco P.l.c., Coherent, and Philip Morris International and recommends the following options: long January 2026 $40 calls on British American Tobacco and short January 2026 $40 puts on British American Tobacco. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. WorkWorkAnthropic publishes the 'system prompts' that make Claude tick | TechCrunchGenerative AI models aren’t actually humanlike. They have no intelligence or personality — they’re simply statistical systems predicting the likeliest next words in a sentence. But like interns at a tyrannical workplace, they do follow instructions without complaint — including initial “system prompts” that prime the models with their basic qualities, and what they should and shouldn’t do. Work'Aging' Djokovic calls for earlier starts after late-night openerFILE PHOTO: Aug 26, 2024; Flushing, NY, USA; Novak Djokovic (SRB) celebrates after his match against Radu Albot (MDA)(not pictured) in a men's singles match on day one of the 2024 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo WorkIs the End of Marriage the Beginning of Self-Knowledge? - The New Yorker (No paywall)Sex, like hemlines, follows fashions of its own, if novels are to be believed. The eighteen-hundreds was the peak era for the covert carriage assignation, and early-twentieth-century fiction revelled in sex al frescoâleave your britches on the riverbank, step right in for your marshy and mystical Lawrentian communion. The nineteen-sixties saw some awestruck, and genuinely ghastly, odes to anal sex by Norman Mailer and James Salter (from "A Sport and a Pastime": "She rolls over and in the full daylight he slowly inserts this gleaming declaration"). Sadism bordering on snuff was all the rage in the nineties, in the work of Dennis Cooper, Heather Lewis, and Susanna Moore. In the past decade, in what has been called the "millennial sex novel," masochism had a heyday, as sad-eyed young women in books by Sally Rooney, Miranda Popkey, and Raven Leilani slouched forward with plaintive appeals to be hit and hurt, just a little. WorkWhy I changed my mind about volunteeringLast fall, a reader asked me what they could really do, as one person, to aid people living on the streets. “I often feel helpless to enact change,” they wrote.I’d been covering homelessness in America and knew that even the sprawling support organizations that have been working on outreach for decades had failed to end the crisis. My mind immediately went to systemic solutions, like voting for candidates who prioritize building more housing, or supporting efforts to loosen zoning codes. WorkWorkWorkFormer Aides to Bush, Romney and McCain Back Harris Over TrumpThe signatories include Mark Salter, a former chief of staff for Mr. McCain; Joe Donoghue, the senator’s former legislative director; Reed Galen, his deputy campaign manager and a co-founder of the Lincoln Project; Mike Murphy, a former McCain campaign strategist; Jean Becker, a chief of staff for George H.W. Bush; and Jim Swift, a senior editor of The xxxxxx. WorkThe 13th Warrior: The Hollywood blockbuster that pioneered a Muslim hero\"I was really proud of my work on The 13th Warrior,\" says Lewis. \"It\'s not my job to second guess critics, but I just can\'t imagine what they were expecting. This was not science fiction, and yet it was. This was not a western, and yet it was. This was not a horror movie, and yet it was. So maybe they felt it was – as they say in Hollywood – a fish with feathers.\" WorkWorkNext shop workers win equal pay claimIn other areas where there was a mismatch, for example over different ways of calculating night payments, paid rest breaks for warehouse staff and Sunday pay, better terms would also be extended to shop staff. WorkWorkSwiss chocolate: Swiss scientists cut waste and sugarPerhaps those daring producers will be found in Switzerland, whose chocolate industry makes 200,000 tonnes of chocolate each year, worth an estimated $US2bn. At Chocosuisse, Roger Wehrli sees a more sustainable, but still bright, future. WorkBaroness Tanni Grey-Thompson forced to 'crawl off' LNER trainBaroness Grey-Thompson, who lives in Stockton, Teesside, said: \"There was no one there to meet me and I waited five minutes before putting anything on social media because you\'re meant to leave five minutes. After 16 minutes of waiting at King\'s Cross, there was no one in sight. WorkEdgar Bronfman Jr. Drops Pursuit of Paramount“While there may have been differences, we believe that everyone involved in the sale process is united in the belief that Paramount’s best days are ahead,” Mr. Bronfman said. “We congratulate the Skydance team and thank the special committee and the Redstone family for their engagement during the go-shop process.” WorkTesla's Rivals Still Can't Use Its SuperchargersA Tesla factory in Buffalo is producing 8,000 of the adapters per week, the company said, noting that outside suppliers are also producing the part. Still, it is unclear how fast those adapters would reach electric vehicle owners. WorkOn the Covid 'Off-Ramp': No Tests, Isolation or MasksAs children return to schools and Labor Day weekend travel swells, the potential for further spread abounds. But for many like Mr. Moyer, Covid has become so normalized that they no longer see it as a reason to disrupt social, work or travel routines. Test kit sales have plummeted. Isolation after an exposure is increasingly rare. Masks — once a ubiquitous symbol of a Covid surge — are sparse, even in crowded airports, train stations and subways. WorkA Mercedes-Benz Fire Jolts South Korea's E.V. TransitionNews coverage of the fire, and social media’s reaction to it, have focused on perceived risks from battery charging, and car makers and government officials have tried to assuage those fears. The municipal government in Seoul said that by the end of next month, it would prevent E.V.s from being fully charged in parking lots beneath residential buildings, limiting them to 90-percent capacity to prevent the risk of overcharging, though some experts have questioned whether that would do much to improve safety. WorkTo Stay Relevant, a Spanish Energy Giant Turns to WasteRepsol, which is based in Madrid, is one of Europe’s largest energy companies, with 26,000 employees and more than 4,500 service stations as well as investments in renewable energy like wind and solar power. Repsol reported income of 1.6 billion euros for the first half of 2024. WorkWhy 7-Eleven Is a National Treasure in Japan7-Eleven is “one of the best brick-and-mortar retail businesses in the world,” said Hiroaki Watanabe, an independent retail analyst. Selling 7-Eleven to Couche-Tard would be, for Japan, “equivalent to Toyota becoming a foreign company,” he said. |
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