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Animation
Review of “I Married a Strange Person!”; A Feast of Violence, Humor, and Surrealism by Bill Plympton
If your concept of animation is limited to the colorful, gentle, and moralistic worlds of Disney or Pixar, watching I…
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Movie
Blue Moon Review; A Feast of Words and Madness in Richard Linklater’s Latest Masterpiece
Cinema is inherently a visual art that often attempts to deceive the viewer’s eye with location changes, expensive action sequences,…
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Series
When Life Gives You Tangerines; A Gentle, Generational Tale Rooted in Korean Tradition.
Watching When Life Gives You Tangerines feels like taking a slow breath on the island of Jeju; the air is…
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Book review and introduction
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Book
The Grand Inquisitor in The Brothers Karamazov: A Study of Freedom, Faith, and Fear
The “Grand Inquisitor” is one of those rare literary moments that rises above the novel it lives in. Although it…
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An Analysis of Nikolai Gogol’s Dead Souls: A Journey Through the Landscape of Human Vices
Among the classics of Russian literature, few novels are as strange, inventive, and psychologically piercing as Nikolai Gogol’s Dead Souls.…
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A Whole New Mind: When the Right Hemisphere Is No Longer Exclusive.
Daniel H. Pink’s A Whole New Mind was one of the defining business and creativity books of the early 2000s;…
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The Power Is Within You: A Beautiful but Hollow Book.
The name Louise L. Hay is familiar to anyone who has wandered through the self-help section of a bookstore. In…
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The Wrestler Who Couldn’t Gain Weight: When Philosophy Turns Into Preaching
When you see the name Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, you expect a novel that looks simple on the surface but hides layers…
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Psychology
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Psychology
The Psychology of Perfectionism and Choice Anxiety: Why Striving to Be “The Best” Makes Us Depressed and What the Solution Is
Have you ever spent hours trying to buy something simple, like a pair of headphones, or even choosing a movie…
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Psychology
What Is the Vagus Nerve? A Simple, Practical Guide to Reducing Anxiety and Stress Through Vagal Stimulation
Have you ever been sitting in a corner with apparently nothing going on, but inside, your stomach is churning like…
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Psychology
The Psychology of a Secure Relationship: A Comprehensive Guide to Building Safe and Lasting Attachment
In today’s fast-paced and sometimes unstable world, one of the deepest and most fundamental human needs is having a safe…
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Psychology
Why Some People Fear Intimacy: The Psychology Behind Pulling Away
Intimacy is strange. People talk about wanting it, missing it, craving it. Yet the moment it finally appears, something in…
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Psychology
Why Some People Suddenly Disappear: The Psychology of Social Vanishing
It happens more often than we admit. Someone who was present in your life, someone who laughed with you, shared…
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Business
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Business
Human-Centered Leadership in 2025: Why “Psychological Safety” is the Most Profitable Strategy for Modern Firms
Have you ever sat in a meeting where a golden idea struck you, but just as you were about to…
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Business
Workplace Conflicts Between Employees: Why Tensions Rise and How Leaders Can Turn Them Into Opportunities
It’s a normal work morning, and the office is slowly waking up. Employees walk in one by one. Some greet…
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Business
The Illusion of Productivity in the Age of Constant Availability
Morning hasn’t fully begun, yet the manager is already holding his phone. Telegram and WhatsApp work messages are piled on…
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Business
The Endless Meeting Culture; Why Modern Managers Talk More and Decide Less
It’s mid-morning, and the manager’s calendar is already full of colored boxes. At 8:30, the strategy meeting. At 10, the…
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Business
Why Micromanagement Fails; And How Trust Builds Stronger Teams
Every morning, the project manager gathers her team. She knows exactly how many emails each employee sent, how many calls…
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