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Publish AND perish

This post is part rumination and part self-indulgent whining, but it’s just enough about publishing that I can barely justify putting it on…

18 min readAug 4, 2021

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Iva Cheung

Why academic conference posters suck

I’ve been to dozens of conference poster sessions, but I struggle to think of a single thing I’ve learned from them. I don’t think I’m…

10 min readOct 24, 2017

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Why academic conference posters suck

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Iva Cheung

Customer service as mental burden relief

In an earlier post, I discussed how, when consumers spend money, they’re often really trying to buy peace of mind. To provide good customer…

1 min readDec 12, 2016

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Iva Cheung

The fatigue of chronic illness

Fatigue is one of the most common complaints of people with chronic illness. In fact, Canadians with osteoarthritis identified reducing…

1 min readDec 11, 2016

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Iva Cheung

Gaslighting as weaponized mental burden

You know how I said that good governments should aim to minimize their citizens’ collective mental burden? Yeah, about that.

1 min readDec 10, 2016

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Psychopathy and mental burden

I’m just spitballing here (OK, yes, this entire blog is me spitballing, but especially in this post, because I’ve found conflicting or…

2 min readDec 9, 2016

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Iva Cheung

First-world problems and mental burden

“All suffering is equal.”

2 min readDec 7, 2016

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Iva Cheung

Emotional labour and mental burden

A Metafilter thread about emotional labour — the work we do to manage feelings, relationships, and social capital — went viral in 2015…

1 min readDec 6, 2016

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Iva Cheung

Libertarianism and mental burden

A’ight — Imma get political here.

2 min readDec 5, 2016

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Iva Cheung

The Flynn effect, IQ, and mental burden

“‘Pure’ science is seen as the highest form of enquiry, an idea that started with the Greek founding fathers of science when intellectual…

2 min readDec 4, 2016

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Iva Cheung

Iva Cheung

Certified Professional Editor • Indexer • Print designer • Publishing consultant • Doctoral student researching how plain language can make people healthier

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