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When we are deprived of green, of plants, of trees, most of us (though evidently not all of us) succumb to a demoralization of spirit which we usually blame on some psychological or neurochemical malady, until one day we find ourselves in a garden or park or countryside and feel the oppression vanish as if by magic.
— Robert Harrison: Gardens: An
... See moreThis is our neuropsychological home base: to be calm, contented, and caring.
Rick Hanson • Neurodharma
It’s important to differentiate between the herbs that can be taken regularly as adaptogens (such as ginseng) and those that are used for a specific therapeutic purpose. For instance, kava should generally be used if you have stress or anxiety, and St. John’s wort is reserved for those with depression. Huperzine A is aimed for those with
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Simpson, E., & Semaan, B. (2025). The Enshittification of the Creative Internet. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 9(7), Article CSCW489. https://doi.org/10.1145/3757670
Jonathan Crary’s 24/7 examines how late capitalism seeks to eliminate the boundaries of time, transforming every hour into a potential site of productivity and
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A third common problem that interferes with cognition and work performance is insomnia. Sleep difficulties can occur due to stress, lack of physical activity, or anxiety. Many have benefited from the proper use of melatonin, 5-HTP, or certain sleep-inducing herbs such as ashwagandha and hops.
Dr. Ray Sahelian • Mind Boosters
As solitary and private as sleep may seem, it is not yet severed from an interhuman tracery of mutual support and trust, however damaged many of these links may be. It is also a periodic release from individuation—a nightly unraveling of the loosely woven tangle of the shallow subjectivities one inhabits and manages by day.
Jonathan Crary • 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep
Russell Foster, the author of Life Time and head of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at the University of