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Nov 6, 2019

Please Stop Patronising the Poor

We need to change our rhetoric on ‘The Poor’. I was sitting in a seminar not too long ago, talking about the economics of education and social justice. It was part of a course on Education, Globalisation and International Development, unironically, in the University of Cambridge. The lecturer gave us…

Education

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Please Stop Patronising the Poor
Please Stop Patronising the Poor
Education

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·Jul 25, 2019

How Did We Learn to Recognise Human Faces?

Our perception affects all our interactions, but is it learned or inherited? — The ability to recognise faces is important in our everyday social interactions. There is mixed evidence on the causes of individual differences in the perception of faces. Twin studies, and studies of people with congenital prosopagnosia (CP), support the theory that we inherit how we perceive faces. …

Science

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How Did We Learn to Recognise Human Faces?
How Did We Learn to Recognise Human Faces?
Science

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Jul 8, 2019

Imagine If You Could Know The Impact You’ve Had On People

Have you ever wondered about the mark you’ve left on other people? Last week, as I was boarding the plane from Istanbul to London, a voice from behind me piped up and asked, “How are you enjoying Great Expectations?”. …

Travel

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Imagine If You Could Know The Impact You’ve Had On People
Imagine If You Could Know The Impact You’ve Had On People
Travel

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Jul 6, 2019

In Defence Of Not Doing It Yourself

When you can, consider hiring people. You could change their lives. One summer, I was sat in an air-conditioned mall in Qatar, looking through the menu of lava cakes and fondues at my favourite dessert parlour. …

Society

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In Defence Of Not Doing It Yourself
In Defence Of Not Doing It Yourself
Society

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May 26, 2019

Not Everyone Can Travel The Way I Do

And, honestly, that’s just unfair. Several weeks ago, my youngest sister and I were on a night train from Turkey to Bulgaria. We were on a sleeping carriage, made up of two-person rooms. We crossed the Bulgarian border at around 3 o’clock in the morning. The Bulgarian border control came…

Travel

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Not Everyone Can Travel The Way I Do
Not Everyone Can Travel The Way I Do
Travel

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May 22, 2019

Are Your Negative Thoughts Controlling You?

This new approach in psychology can help you manage them. A relatively new approach in psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), uses a blend of strategies to give you more psychological flexibility. It’s been gaining an impressive amount of traction for one simple reason: it works. One big difference in…

Mindfulness

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Are Your Negative Thoughts Controlling You?
Are Your Negative Thoughts Controlling You?
Mindfulness

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May 21, 2019

Finding The Way When You Don’t Have The Will

“When there’s a will, there’s a way.” What if there’s no ‘will’? We’ve all heard that ‘when there’s a will, there’s a way’. That elusive ‘way’ is hard enough to find when there’s a will. How do we find it when, in fact, we just don’t have the will? The perils of depression and lack of motivation A…

Productivity

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Finding The Way When You Don’t Have The Will
Finding The Way When You Don’t Have The Will
Productivity

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May 20, 2019

Reconciling Depression With Extroversion

How to manage depression when you’re extroverted. Numerous studies have looked into the relationship between extroversion and depression, and found that the more extroverted a person is, the less likely they are to be depressed. Looking around, most of us will find that the majority of depressed people we know…

Mental Health

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Reconciling Depression With Extroversion
Reconciling Depression With Extroversion
Mental Health

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May 17, 2019

You Can Learn A Language On Netflix

Little-known secrets from a serial language-learner. I’ve learnt a number of languages to various degrees of fluency. I’ve used different approaches, and I’m currently using Netflix to learn Turkish. It’s one of the best ways possible to learn a language. Everything I say here is true of any other streaming…

Language

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You Can Learn A Language On Netflix
You Can Learn A Language On Netflix
Language

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May 16, 2019

The Psychological Reason Medium Is So Addictive

It’s not an accident that you’re hooked on Medium. Medium was founded in 2012 by Evan Williams, co-founder and former CEO of Twitter. He has an excellent track record of getting people hooked onto social media, demonstrated through his work with Twitter, and he’s proven himself once again with Medium. …

Writing

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The Psychological Reason Medium Is So Addictive
The Psychological Reason Medium Is So Addictive
Writing

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