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Read the story: https://aperture.gg/blogs/the-universe/are-humans-inherently-good-or-evil Merch: https://aperture.gg/merch Psychology and neuroscience both tell us that morality developed out of an evolutionary need. People that distinguish good from bad and do so predictably are much better at banding together and making social companions than those who are not. Are humans inherently evil? Stay […]
Read the story: https://aperture.gg/blogs/the-universe/the-media-is-lying-to-you Merch: https://aperture.gg/merch While in the past the job of passing on necessary life skills, history and information was a collective effort, today, all of that power has been given to commercial media. In the words of George Gerbner, “Commercial media has eclipsed religion, art, oral traditions […]
D!NG (was never called DO*G, btw): https://www.youtube.com/dingsauce SOURCES & LINKS TO READ MORE BELOW! OED birth year word website: http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/12/oed-birthday-words/ Vsauce1 video covering memories and the sensation of time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LyCC6jjcx8 Vsauce1 video that includes Unamuno reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scWj1BMRHUA “Everything Bad is Good For You” book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-Bad-Good-You-Popular-x/dp/0141018682 “Teenage”: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teenage-The-Creation-Youth-1875-1945/dp/1845951468 George Orwell quote: […]
