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Living, Fast and Slow
The Drama Hidden in Pace One of the recurring dramas of everyday life is the tension between moving slowly and moving fast. Advice about mindfulness, health, and well-being often encourages us to…
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The Flat World and the Globalization of Intelligence
The Work That Arrived by Morning One of the most memorable scenes in Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat involves an American executive completing his day while a remote assistant in India…
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The Permission to Enjoy Being Alive
When Exercise Begins to Feel Like Punishment Exercise is supposed to make us feel more alive. The heart works harder, blood circulates, breathing deepens, and parts of the body that have remained…
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Tom Yonashiro is a writer with a background in philosophy, religion, technology, and cybersecurity marketing. He writes to translate life’s complexities into meaning.