Author: Don Morgenson
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Sadness can draw out people’s creative side
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An extensive study of British artists and writers revealed that highly creative people often suffer from a mood disorder. The data confirmed what letters,…
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The “fear of missing out” prevents us from experiencing the real world
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One of my students, a bright and engaged student, came to see me because she was troubled: she was addicted to her many electronic…
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Shedding light on idealism
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Idealism has a very bad press. Idealism is seen as innocence ignoring great moral evil, naiveté allowing wickedness. Idealism is seen simply as an…
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University: An investment in the power of ideas
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Philosopher Alfred North Whitehead wrote in his book, The Aims of Education, “. . . and the gift which the university has to offer…
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Maybe the devil made me do it
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Empathy vs. cruelty: evaluating Philip Zimbardo’s 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, intended to assess the psychological implications of institutional systems within criminal imprisonment
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For the love of newspapers
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Understanding the natural attachment to newspaper indulgence
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Gun violence: a public health issue?
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Contributed Image Daily, threats of nuclear war, bio-terrorism, Ebola and other diseases are very real in our world, but most Americans are apparently unaware…
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No need to ‘keep up with the Joneses’
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Graphic by Fani Hseih “Keeping up with the Joneses” — what a supremely evocative saying, suggesting many different meanings. Does the “keeping up” suggest…
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Recounting the wisdom of Dostoevsky
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Unraveling the philosophies of an iconic Russian novelist and how his words can help our lives
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The unfortunate truths of children lost in poverty
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In response to the alarming infant-mortality rate, the New York Foundling Hospital opened in 1869, and is one of the oldest social service agencies…
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