A recent surrvey by Action for Rail in the UK found that a commute into London by rail costs an average of 13 % of average monthly pay. Travelling the same distance into Rome costs only 2% of an Italian salary. Even in costly Paris a commute is 30% less than the equivalent British cost. …
Researchers at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education have spent more than a year studying how well students across the country evaluate online sources of information. Middle school, high school and college students in 12 states were asked to evaluate the information presented in tweets, comments and articles. More than 7,800 student responses were collected. In …
“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child . For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history? “(Cicero, Orator, 46 BC)
From time to time I re-post information about the ideas behind Epicureanism. With our world in turmoil this seems a good moment to do it again: 1. The principal objective of life is happiness or pleasure. Happiness is peace of mind and body. It is tranquillity or undisturbedness (ataraxia), the quiet of a mind free …
This is a quotation that is over a year old, but worth reading because it paints a true picture of our lives: “According to a recent, much-commented-on article in The New York Times, ‘Amazon employees are expected to put in crushing hours, answer emails at midnight and devote weekends, holidays and vacations to company projects’. …
