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Stop Keeping Score
I am an inveterate scorekeeper. I can go back decades and find lists of goals I set for myself to gauge “success” by certain milestone birthdays. For example, in my 20s, I had a to-do list for the decade, the items on which more or less told the story of a penniless musician who had made some dubious choices. It included quitting smoking, going to the dentist, mastering my pentatonic scales, and finishing college. (I hit them all, although the last one mere days before my 30th birthday.) There is nothing unusual about this tendency to keep score. Google “30 things to do before you turn 30” and you will get more than 15,000 results.
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2020 Led to Soul-Searching, Sparking Meaningful New Resolutions
The challenges of 2020, one of the most surreal years in recent memory, prompted some individuals to make ambitious resolutions. “It is leading some people to think it’s time to say, ‘I see that life can be fragile, I need to re-prioritize what’s important to me.’ ” said John C. Norcross, a professor and chair of the psychology department at Pennsylvania’s University of Scranton. While some people found themselves too overburdened by the demands of 2020 to bother making resolutions, “others are recalibrating in their own way, whether it’s less screen time and family-game night or saying, ‘I appreciate the need to slow down,’ ” Dr.
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Being Heard is More Important To Some People Than Following Covid-19 Regulations, Psychologist and Activists Say
Fighting institutions of power is as American as it gets. Throughout the history of this country, many have taken action in the form of demonstration to fight real and/or perceived injustice. However, until 2020, no demonstrator ever had to take to the streets with Covid-19 threatening them. Covid-19 has changed everything -- and despite stay-at-home orders, calls for social distancing and mask-wearing, somepeople have shown time and again over the last year that they just want to be heard. Gathering in large groups, sometimes mask-free, isn't as big of a deal to some Americans if it means they will be able to vocalize their beliefs.
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Five Things Worth Knowing About Empathy
A tortoise lies on its back, legs waving in distress, until a second tortoise crawls up to turn it over. Millions have watched this scene on YouTube, with many leaving heartfelt comments. “Great sense of solidarity,” says one. “There is hope,” says another. The viewers are responding to what many interpret as empathy — a sign that even in the animal world, life isn’t just dog-eat-dog. Alas, they’re probably wrong. As one reptile expert observed, the second tortoise’s motives were likelier more sexual than sympathetic.
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NSF Funding: Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier
Along with promoting multidisciplinary research projects, NSF also has the specific objective of promoting a deeper basic understanding of the interdependent human-technology partnership to advance societal needs.
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NSF Invites Research on Broadening Participation in Entrepreneurship
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a special message encouraging research on broadening participation in entrepreneurship and innovation.
