“Marriage ……..is a union possessing all the traits of a good friendship: concern for the good of the other, reciprocity, intimacy, warmth, stability and the resemblance born of a shared life”. (Pope Francis) Beautifully said. But the Pope is still not powerful or influential enough to overturn artificial birth control (supported de facto by most …
Isn’t nature wonderful? In no time at all (70 years) a plastic-eating bacteria has appeared that is capable of breaking down the molecular bonds of polyester. The journal “Science” reports that the bacteria can polish off (it’s technically called hydrolyzing) polyethylene terephalthate in just six weeks, much faster than leaves are degraded by bacteria. In …
In 2014, the overdose death rate from opioid addiction among white Americans aged 25 to 34 was five times higher than the equivalent figure in 1999. In New York state all prescriptions for a medicine will now be sent by doctors via the internet directly to a person’s pharmacy of choice. Because doctors will no …
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“….These days everyone “talks a bit like a management consultant”: it’s symptomatic of the growing “professionalisation” of ordinary life. Thanks to blurring work-life boundaries and the rise of the “self-help” industry, we increasingly view our lives as “projects in which excellence needs to be achieved” – and can be, with “the right toolsets”. Hence the …
Epicureanism was never meant to be a dry academic philosophy. In fact, it is best kept away from academia, where, as usual with philosophy, long words render it dull, if not incomprehensible. Rather, it is a vital way of living, which seeks to free men and women from a life of unhappiness, fear and anxiety. …
