Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Apr 6, 2019

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“What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)”

“We’ve found that even though most people believe they are self-aware, self-awareness is a truly rare quality: We estimate that only 10%–15% of the people we studied actually fit the criteria. Three findings in particular stood…

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Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Apr 3, 2019

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“In My Chronic Illness, I Found a Deeper Meaning”

“I went from doctor to doctor looking for answers, but overnight I had gone from being a trusted rabbi and chaplain (who works with seriously ill and dying people on hospital medical teams) to a “hysterical” chronically ill person. Though I had…

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Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Apr 9, 2019

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“First Evidence That Online Dating Is Changing the Nature of Society”

“One obvious type of network links each node with its nearest neighbors, in a pattern like a chess board or chicken wire. Another obvious kind of network links nodes at random. But real social networks are not…

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Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Apr 9, 2019

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“HOW POLITICAL IDEALISM LEADS US ASTRAY”

“Gaus shows that your theory of the ideal social system, whatever it may be, is almost certainly wrong. And even if it isn’t, it probably can’t work as a useful guide to political decision-making — especially not in a diverse liberal society, like ours, rife…

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Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Apr 26, 2019

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“Why We Forget Most of the Books We Read”

“In the internet age, recall memory — the ability to spontaneously call information up in your mind — has become less necessary. It’s still good for bar trivia, or remembering your to-do list, but largely, Horvath says, what’s called recognition memory is…

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Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Apr 13, 2019

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“The popularity of Microsoft Surface is the least realistic thing on television”

“I had adjusted my suspension-of-disbelief dial to accept literally everything about the Marvel universe, and was along for the ride until Wesley pulled out that Surface.

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Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Apr 10, 2019

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“I’m obsessed with this startup dog prison”

“The company’s marketing refers to their product as “on demand neighborhood dog houses.” Very cute! One thing, though, I thought to myself as I read that: dog houses don’t lock you inside via app once you enter them.

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Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Apr 29, 2019

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“WHY CLOUDFLARE LET AN EXTREMIST STRONGHOLD BURN”

“A site that someone, somewhere, deeply despises is the type of site that is likely to be attacked. And when sites are attacked, Cloudflare gets better at what it does; its pattern recognition improves. “Putting yourself in front of things that…

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Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Apr 16, 2019

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‘Don’t you agree?’

“At some level, Trump seems to know that “the way I feel” isn’t true or good or real. This is why, like everyone trying to live within a lie they partly recognize is unreal, he seeks support and confirmation from others. This is why it was so important for him to say, “Don’t you agree?” The…

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Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Apr 22, 2019

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“True Story”

“Though communicating the Gospel — the “good news” — is always part of our mission, the church doesn’t merely communicate information; it also creates the conditions for personal and communal formation. In this sense, the church is a community of character formed by a Nazarene rabbi whose teachings and…

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These were the top 10 stories published by Grabbag and Chills in April of 2019. You can also dive into daily archives for April of 2019 by using the calendar at the top of this page.