Victoria Brendt
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For the love of newspapers
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Understanding the natural attachment to newspaper indulgence
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University education vs. wisdom
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From a historical perspective, cultivating wisdom was always the primary goal of the academy.
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Empathy and justice
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Through what are referred to as mirror neurons, reflective brain areas of observers appear to recreate the unpleasant experience — neurologically, they sensed the other’s pain.
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Idleness should be considered a virtue
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A weary traveler on the road to Naples, Italy stopped when he saw 12 idlers basking in the sun (it was long before the days of Benito Mussolini, I can assure you). The traveller offered one lira to the laziest of the men. 11 men jumped up to claim the money, but the traveler gave…
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Polonious and Laertes: Hidden costs of self exploration
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Don Morgenson on how students figure out the path ahead
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Our ‘journey to the light’
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Life is often thought of as a journey to the light. As a metaphor, light has been rich and informative. Whether it be “the light at the end of the tunnel” or as a shaping image for an entire epoch, such as “The Enlightenment,” across the many centuries light has been used as a symbol…
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Cut everything, but not ‘humanware’
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Perhaps there are some among you who remember the joys of discovering the stereoscope: just insert a compelling photograph of one of the wonders of the world and in three dimensions you can scale the Eiger, walk the Great Wall of China or survey the mighty Amazon River. My brother and I would trudge snow-strewn…
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