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Statistical Numbing: Why Millions Can Die, and We Don’t Care
Huffington Post: Four year-old Khafran was near death three days ago when he was brought to the refugee camp hospital. He was emaciated, his ribs showing through his taut dry skin. He panted for breath.
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Research: The Emotions of Aid
Stanford Social Innovation Review: “One death is a tragedy; 1 million is a statistic,” Joseph Stalin is supposed to have said. The more people we see suffering, the less we care. It’s an unfortunate quirk
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Sorg og smerte er individuell
Aftenbladet Norway: KOMMENTAR: Samtidig er det noen av oss som er rammet med en individuell smerte og individuelle tap av sine aller nærmeste. Vi andre kan være der og bidra med vår nærhet og vårt
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Men in Grief Seek Others Who Mourn as They Do
The New York Times: In 1990, Sam and Gretchen Feldman cashed out on their share of a national chain of men’s apparel stores and retired to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. There, they devoted their time to
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Two Faces of Death: Inside the Existential Mind
You’re visiting a friend who lives on the 20th floor of an old, inner city, block of apartments. It’s the middle of the night when you are suddenly awakened from a deep sleep by the
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Dealing with Death? Get on Facebook
Discovery News: Anywhere from 1.8 to 3 million Facebook users will die in 2011, according to separate estimates from the digital legacy sites 1000Memories and Entrustet, likely transforming those posthumous profiles into digital epitaphs. With
