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humblespace many countries are facing the issue of a declining TFR if you could implement policies to reverse this trend, what would you do?X (formerly Twitter) Kai is a journalist (@teo_kai_xiang) on X Workers at GovTech are seeking feedback from the public on a potential solution to Singaporean dating woes and low birth rates: a government-run dating service with free meals and identity verification. Alas, the survey has since been deleted. https://t.co/kn7p604awY
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Why Mental Health Awareness Can Harm:
Converging Explanations for a Societal Problem
research paper
https://x.com/minzlicht/status/2049493735453389276?s=20
Converging Explanations for a Societal Problem
The evidence is wide. Learning that loneliness is harmful makes solitude feel worse. Learning that stress is harmful worsens well-being and performance. Awareness videos about fake conditions like "wind turbine syndrome" produce real headaches. Trigger warnings raise anticipatory anxiety without reducing distress.
This does not mean awareness should stop. It means awareness can have unintended consequences, including manufacturing the suffering it tries to prevent. Inoculating people against these mechanisms works, and we already have evidence it does.
research paper
https://x.com/minzlicht/status/2049493735453389276?s=20
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many countries are facing the issue of a declining TFR
if you could implement policies to reverse this trend, what would you do?
if you could implement policies to reverse this trend, what would you do?
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i've came to a realisation that neetcels often have more opinions and knowledge especially in that aspects that they are interested in
maybe its just the ones i am surrounded by
probably something to do with an abundance of time vs a tired 9-5 worker
however, important to note that only ground workers (esp blue collar) have the first hand experience, so in those aspects they will always be more knowledgeable
maybe its just the ones i am surrounded by
probably something to do with an abundance of time vs a tired 9-5 worker
however, important to note that only ground workers (esp blue collar) have the first hand experience, so in those aspects they will always be more knowledgeable
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Ways of Seeing by John Berger
Seeing is never innocent; it is filtered through what we know and believe.
European painting and modern media often depict women as passive objects for a male spectator's consumption (the "male gaze"), transforming them into objects to be owned.
Traditional art history "mystifies" art by using intellectual jargon to hide the simpler, often monetary, reasons the art was created.
https://culturecounts.cc/blog/john-berger-ways-of-seeing-the-impact-of-context
https://hankystanky.livejournal.com/43914.html
Livejournal (no title) John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing” is the analysis of the ways in which the public sees art and imagery. Berger attempts to give the reader a clearer perspective of art. To begin try to convey a better understanding of how art in our society has become weekend… Ways of Seeing by John Berger
Seeing is never innocent; it is filtered through what we know and believe.
European painting and modern media often depict women as passive objects for a male spectator's consumption (the "male gaze"), transforming them into objects to be owned.
Traditional art history "mystifies" art by using intellectual jargon to hide the simpler, often monetary, reasons the art was created.
https://culturecounts.cc/blog/john-berger-ways-of-seeing-the-impact-of-context
https://hankystanky.livejournal.com/43914.html
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humblespace Why bird songs are good for you Birdsongs can calm the stress-inducing, ruminating parts of the human brain. They act as a "safety signal" that lowers anxiety, paranoia, and cortisol levels. Evolutionarily, birdsong signals a safe, resource-rich environment.…YouTube Bird Sounds Spectacular : Morning Bird Sound Bird Sounds Spectacular : Morning Bird Sound Video Produced by Paul Dinning - Wildlife in Cornwall Filmed on March 13th 2017 #PaulDinning
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Why bird songs are good for you
Birdsongs can calm the stress-inducing, ruminating parts of the human brain. They act as a "safety signal" that lowers anxiety, paranoia, and cortisol levels.
Evolutionarily, birdsong signals a safe, resource-rich environment. When birds stop singing, it often indicates danger, meaning their active song tells our nervous system to relax and stop scanning for threats.
Birdsong vs. Urban Noise
While birdsong promotes a "rest and digest" parasympathetic state, urban sounds (traffic) increase depressive states.
Positive Effects: High-diversity birdsong (different species) showed the best results for reducing depression.
Mental Well-being Lasts: Studies found that the positive mental impact of hearing or seeing birds can linger for up to eight hours.
Even recordings of birdsongs can provide these restorative benefits, making it an accessible tool for mental wellness, especially in urban environments.
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Reads:
Listening to birds sing really does soothe your brain. Here’s why.:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/health/article/birds-sing-brain-mental-health
Birdsongs alleviate anxiety and paranoia in healthy participants:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-20841-0
Benefits of Birdsong: 5 Ways Birdsong is Good For You:
https://www.nathab.com/blog/benefits-of-birdsong-5-ways-birdsong-is-good-for-you
Birdsongs can calm the stress-inducing, ruminating parts of the human brain. They act as a "safety signal" that lowers anxiety, paranoia, and cortisol levels.
Evolutionarily, birdsong signals a safe, resource-rich environment. When birds stop singing, it often indicates danger, meaning their active song tells our nervous system to relax and stop scanning for threats.
Birdsong vs. Urban Noise
While birdsong promotes a "rest and digest" parasympathetic state, urban sounds (traffic) increase depressive states.
Positive Effects: High-diversity birdsong (different species) showed the best results for reducing depression.
Mental Well-being Lasts: Studies found that the positive mental impact of hearing or seeing birds can linger for up to eight hours.
Even recordings of birdsongs can provide these restorative benefits, making it an accessible tool for mental wellness, especially in urban environments.
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Reads:
Listening to birds sing really does soothe your brain. Here’s why.:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/health/article/birds-sing-brain-mental-health
Birdsongs alleviate anxiety and paranoia in healthy participants:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-20841-0
Benefits of Birdsong: 5 Ways Birdsong is Good For You:
https://www.nathab.com/blog/benefits-of-birdsong-5-ways-birdsong-is-good-for-you
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Short-Form Videos Degrade Our Capacity to Retain Intentions: Effect of Context Switching On Prospective Memory
A study between Tiktok, Youtube, Twitter, showed that only Tiktok degrades capacity to retain intentions and has a significant detrimental impact on prospective memory performance. YT shorts not included in this study, only long-form content.
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3544548.3580778
A study between Tiktok, Youtube, Twitter, showed that only Tiktok degrades capacity to retain intentions and has a significant detrimental impact on prospective memory performance. YT shorts not included in this study, only long-form content.
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3544548.3580778
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On Photography by Susan Sontag
Photography is a violent act.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2013/09/16/susan-sontag-on-photography-social-media/
https://aeon.co/ideas/blinded-by-the-light-the-violence-of-flash-photography
Photography is a violent act.
Susan Sontag was deliberately provocative when she coupled photography with violence. There is, she wrote in the essay ‘In Plato’s Cave’ (1977), ‘something predatory in the act of taking a picture’. She pointed out that we speak casually about ‘loading’ and ‘aiming’ a camera: ‘Just as the camera is a sublimation of the gun, to photograph someone is a sublimated murder.’ Sontag knew that she was using hyperbole, prodding her readers to consider the seizing of someone else’s identity that is implicit in each portrait that is shot.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2013/09/16/susan-sontag-on-photography-social-media/
https://aeon.co/ideas/blinded-by-the-light-the-violence-of-flash-photography
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why meta glasses content is power porn
this clip explains why meta glasses are creepy in an eloquent way
to photograph is to possess, to transform a subject into an object
photography is framed as an act of taking: 'shoot', 'capture'
https://youtube.com/shorts/aH86R8Y41wA?si=a0Elj7EcUedUOljG
YouTube Glass Museum 118K likes, 4.5K comments. "Meta glasses, pickup artists, and possession #feminism #theory #photography #sociology #masculinity" this clip explains why meta glasses are creepy in an eloquent way
to photograph is to possess, to transform a subject into an object
photography is framed as an act of taking: 'shoot', 'capture'
https://youtube.com/shorts/aH86R8Y41wA?si=a0Elj7EcUedUOljG
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what gets lost when a culture is commercialised?
https://youtube.com/shorts/8jQmcQmSMCY?si=cWqzUjaENuXlK_7Y
YouTube Glass Museum 42K likes, 736 comments. "Kpop, appropriation, Alysa liu, and the value of art #kpop #dance #alysaliu #hiphop #art" https://youtube.com/shorts/8jQmcQmSMCY?si=cWqzUjaENuXlK_7Y
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self protection by not working hard
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