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When we behold those deeply-furrowed hollows in which glaciers have lain, we think it hardly possible that a time will come when a wooded, grassy valley, watered by streams, will spread itself out upon the same spot. So it is, too, in the history of mankind: the most savage forces beat a path, and are mainly destructive; but their work was none-the-less necessary, in order that later a gentler civilization might raise its house. The frightful energies – those which are called evil – are the cyclopean architects and road-makers of humanity.
The Consolations of Philosophy
Alain De Botton
So what should we eat? The research points to a Mediterranean-style diet made up primarily of fruits and vegetables, extra-virgin olive oil, yogurt and cheese, legumes, nuts, seafood, whole grains and small portions of red meat. The complexity of this diet will provide the nutrition our brain needs, regulate our inflammatory response and support the good bacteria in our gut, says Dr. Mosconi, author of “Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power.”
The Food That Helps Battle Depression
wsj.com
That's the convenience paradox: the more we optimize our lives, the less we actually live them.
We're becoming masters of arrangement rather than action, curators instead of creators. Life risks turning into a series of frictionless transactions where we're always efficiently arriving but never really traveling.
In Praise of Inconvenience: The Hidden Costs of a Convenient World
Simone
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