What does “single” mean? It doesn’t always mean that being single is temporary, that you are available for a romantic relationship, or that you don’t have anyone in your life.
A group of Brazilian hackers affiliated with Anonymous plans to join the escalating protests leading up to the World Cup this week. As they criticize government spending and inequality, they also shine light on the power of online protests.
No one wants their relationship to fizzle. Thankfully there are behaviors couples can implement to build passion and keep their relationship going strong.
Most of us have no problem admitting we have more than we need. The difficulty lies in the next steps: How to get rid of it? What room to tackle first? Should we toss, regift, donate, recycle, repurpose, sell? It’s enough to drive a person to lie down and wait until the impulse to tidy passes. This gentle advice from TED speakers will help you look at the excess in your life, get rid of it, and restore some order to your space.
Those who act aloof, must have their way, harbor grudges, and deliver payback think with no shades of gray. Their blocking and low empathy catches up with them or their loved ones.
“Words over time have a way of just oozing around,” says linguist John McWhorter. He traces the evolution of five words that have spent millennia drifting from one meaning into another.
Living on the Moon might just be a chance for humans to learn how to co-exist peacefully and sustainably, proposes Jorge Mañes Rubio, the European Space Agency’s first-ever resident artist. Explore his vision of a new way to settle outer space.
Contemporary life leaves people feeling unworthy and inadequate. We need to think of ourselves not as objects or projects but as irreducible persons deserving and capable of love.
This week’s comments includes replies to Simon Anholt’s introduction of the Good Country Index, a thought on the purity of art (and how we have polluted it with money), and an argument for trusting our own intellectual selves.