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Are E-Athletes Actually Athletes?
While I have been playing computer games since I hunted the Wumpus on a DECwriter , I still think it is odd that competitive gamers have been dubbed “e-athletes.” Some colleges offer athletic scholarships to these e-athletes and field sports teams. As with some other college sports, these e-athletes can go pro and play video…
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The Healing Power of Gardens: Oliver Sacks on the Psychological and Physiological Consolations of Nature
“In forty years of medical practice, I have found only two types of non-pharmaceutical ‘therapy’ to be vitally important for patients with chronic neurological diseases: music and gardens.” “I work like a gardener,” the great painter Joan Miró wrote in his meditation on the proper pace for creative work. It is hardly a coincidence that…
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3 Kinds of Loneliness and 4 Kinds of Forever
Loneliness is the fundamental condition of life — we are born by another, but born alone; die around others (if we are lucky and loved), but die alone; we spend our lives islanded in our one and only human experience — in these particular bodies and minds and circumstances drawn from the cosmic lottery —…
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10 tips for the Libby app + an unusual approach to decluttering
Weekend Wisdom: Owning less is gentler than organizing more. I’ve been doing this new, fun thing where I wake up really early, like a little too early. I sleep in a cold, dark room, stop drinking coffee… The post 10 tips for the Libby app + an unusual approach to decluttering appeared first on Be…
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