Christina Fedor
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Christina Fedor
Since last summer, a start-up in beta mode has been soliciting volunteers to take part in 55-minute sessions called “gathers,” where strangers discuss their deepest hopes and fears. The fledgling company, Peoplehood, is led by the entrepreneurs Elizabeth Cutler and Julie Rice, who combined sweat and spirituality in their last venture, the high-end... See more
New York Times • SoulCycle Without the Bike: Here Comes Peoplehood
Because these feeling tones—pleasant, unpleasant, neutral—condition the reactions of our mind. And then the actions we take. And then the karmic consequences of the actions. It all begins with feeling. ... Now what’s so interesting about the nature of these feelings ... is that when we’re unmindful, they condition these unwholesome roots. Of
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Essays on health technologies and Silicon Valley’s obsession with engineering bodies and minds, from the critic formerly known as “ed-tech’s Cassandra”
Second Breakfast
T he art of being is the art of knowing ourselves, of accepting and existing in harmony with ourselves, and of living out, in action, the highest possibilities of our nature. It includes three basic concepts: self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-assertion.
Nathaniel Branden • Honoring the Self: The Pyschology of Confidence and Respect
he high overlapping nature of various features across multiple mental health disorders suggests the existence of common psychopathology factor(s) (p-factors) that mediate similar phenotypic presentations across distinct but relatable disorders. In this perspective, we argue that circadian rhythm disruption (CRD) is a common underlying p-factor that... See more
The hidden link between circadian entropy and mental health disorders - Translational Psychiatry
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“People need to understand that current AI—and the AI that we can foresee in the reasonable future—does not, and will not, have a moral sense or moral understanding of what is right and what is wrong,” Bengio said. “It’s crazy to put those decisions into the hands of machines.”
Kevin Roose • Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation
The big picture: While research continues, psychedelic medicine could reshape the future of healthcare and wellness. As momentum builds, scientists, startups, investors, and big pharma are plotting their next move.