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What Spirited Away teaches us about kindness, and the problems with "neuroticism" as a personality dimension.
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Targeted gratitude journaling
When you remind yourself of the good things in life, focus on the ones that balance out your emotional trouble spots.
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On escaping the downward spiral in politics
When we only look for the worst in others, it makes us dumber... doesn't it?
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Use the body to make the mind do what it's supposed to
Attention goes where you point. Action follows what you say. Use this on yourself or on other people.
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Unwritten rules of mathematics
What I took for granted before trying to teach a six year old
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How to teach a 9 year old programming
The way I'm doing it, anyway
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The false alarm trap
Avoiding scary things can keep you safe, but doing it too much is a prison.
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a random 40-something dad's totally normal opinions on math, psychology, moral philosophy, education, technology, society, and probably other stuff, idk we'll see, anything could happen tbh
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