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“They were well-known and well-off people, men who were the pride of Delhi,” wrote Zahir Dehlavi. “They had had no parallels in their own day, nor will we ever see their like again.”

William Dalrymple • The Last Mughal

The paradox of volcanoes was that they were symbols of destruction but also life.

Matt Haig • The Midnight Library: A Novel

Affliction resulted less from physical suffering than from psychological degradation. Ridden by stern foremen and driven by production goals, workers were shorn of their human dignity.

Robert Zaretsky • The Subversive Simone Weil: A Life in Five Ideas

John Carlin, “If the World’s Greatest Chef Cooked for a Living, He’d Starve,” Guardian, December 11, 2006, http://observer.theguardian.com/foodmonthly/futureoffood/story/0,,1969713,00.html

Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

#1015 - Alain de Botton - 16 Lessons from The School Of Life · Modern Wisdom

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The psychology of bullying, explaining it as a resentful reaction to the perceived emotional privilege of others.

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I'm thinking of bullying. It's a strange word and it's an embarrassing word, but it exists. you know the impulse to bully the weak what is it i mean anyone who's been through school which is everybody knows about it right which is you see somebody who's you know typical target for bullying is somebody in a school whose whose life seems softer uh

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It’s not about what you remember. It’s about why you remember it that way.

Sam Lansky • Broken People: A Novel

There’s this really consistent pathway. Early childhood trauma seems to be the foundation, whether violence in the home, sexual assault, parental suicides, extreme bullying. Then you see the build toward hopelessness, despair, isolation, self-loathing, oftentimes rejection from peers. That turns into a really identifiable crisis point where they’re... See more

Melanie Warner • Two Professors Found What Creates a Mass Shooter. Will Politicians Pay Attention?

Bill Richards, a preternaturally cheerful man in his seventies, is a bridge between the two eras of psychedelic therapy.

Michael Pollan • How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics

# George Michael's Influence on One Direction and the Posthumous Tributes from Liam Payne's Peers

The musical legacies of George Michael and Liam Payne intersect through the broader context of pop culture, artistic influence, and posthumous recognition. While there is no direct record of public statements exchanged between George Michael and Liam