But not in the way you think. Have a quick look through this post on the Harvard Business Review blog. (http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/06/how_money_actually_buys_happiness.html?goback=.gde_2827692_member_254100025 and it’s copied below in case it’s moved.) Research shows that more stuff does not make you happier, but regularly giving to people without does make you happier. Why? Because empathy is strong in …
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Category:7 Holonics and Life
Facebook, Google and other data grabbers really know you. Really.
Let’s just skip to the meat: Digital records of behavior, Facebook Likes, can be used to automatically and accurately predict a range of highly sensitive personal attributes including: sexual orientation, ethnicity, religious and political views, personality traits, intelligence, happiness, use of addictive substances, parental separation, age, and gender. That’s just scary, especially when you think …
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Living like a human let’s you love longer.
That is not a trite comment because most of us don’t live very natural lifestyles. We sit around most of the day and eat processed “food” and drink sugary “water”. Humans are built for mobility. We are bipedal and that physiological mutation allows us to travel far and fast allowing us to overcome other beasts …
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The Commonwealth Charter – a good idea
Charter of the Commonwealth We the people of the Commonwealth: Recognising that in an era of changing economic circumstances and uncertainty, new trade and economic patterns, unprecedented threats to peace and security, and a surge in popular demands for democracy, human rights and broadened economic opportunities, the potential of and need for the Commonwealth – …
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Why tell lies in reports?
It’s not news that there are false claims in sustainability reports. Nevertheless, a recent post caught my eye. A post on SustainableBusinessForum.com by Elaine Curtis noted that the lying can be huge. Labor Indicators: 86% of companies claim they report and only 11% actually do. Human Rights Indicators: 62% of companies claim they report and only …
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Your rotting brain.
The headline “smoking rots brain” looked ominous. Skimming through the article pointed to a couple of studies about the rate of cognitive decline and the influence of age, diet, exercise and smoking. The story indicated that brains start to decline from about the age of 45 and lifestyle has a big impact on the rate …
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Thousands of Gaza residents poured on to the streets to celebrate.
Ceasefire. Egypt to receive assurances from both sides that they will abide by the deal, and will follow up any reports it has been broken. Does not everyone wish for peace? So, let us make it so. BBC: Gaza crisis: Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement holds
100 million deaths in the 20th century – thanks to the cigarette!
By the year 2000, it was estimated that 1.1 million people were dying annually from cancer, with about 85% of those cases stemming from a single cause – tobacco. “The cigarette is the deadliest artefact in the history of human civilisation,” says Robert Proctor of Stanford University. “It killed about 100 million people in the …
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It’s what’s inside that counts.
Check out this BBC article Five photos that sparked body image debates. The images are very thought provoking and challenge assumptions about body shape. Perhaps the message is “more variety, more health is beautiful”.
Let’s WISE up.
Madhav Chavan won the WISE award for providing an education for millions of impoverished families in India. Educating millions really is worth cheering about. (See BBC news report here.) Have a look at the World Innovation Summit for Education – building the future of education. Perhaps you can help lay a few bricks. Education is …
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