Wednesday, October 04, 2017

His success as a businessman showed the rotten side of capitalism — the side that exploits appetites for money, that feeds leech-like on our vices, that dissolves family and religion while promising that consumption will fill the void they leave behind. (The Most Vile Pervert of a Person of This Generation - The Man That Destroyed The Human Psyche Forever - IMO - The Worst of Humanity! PM)

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In psychology, the psyche / ˈ s aɪ k i / is the totality of the human mind ...
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Tuesday, October 03, 2017

Praise them! --- So the idea that praise or lack of it alone can help your child succeed is overblown. Instead, the Cornell University child psychologist Kenneth Barish insists that the real problem is criticism. ‘I have met many discouraged, angry, and unhappy children. I have met demoralised kids who were unable to sustain effort when they encountered even mild frustration or disappointment, and others who had developed attitudes of entitlement. And the culprit is not praise, but criticism. Most of these children were over-criticised; very few were overpraised.’

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Everyone thinks that too much praise can turn children into entitled monsters but the science isn’t nearly that simple... ...
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Monday, October 02, 2017

What really causes addiction -- to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? You're not going to do that, and the reason you're not going to do that is not because anyone's stopping you. It's because you've got bonds and connections that you want to be present for. You've got work you love. You've got people you love. You've got healthy relationships. And a core part of addiction, I came to think, and I believe the evidence suggests, is about not being able to bear to be present in your life.

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 What really causes addiction -- to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current ...
Friday, September 29, 2017

The rabbi would sometimes take advantage of the meetings and of his position in the community to engage in sexual acts with women, including minors, according to the charges against him....

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Convicted sex offender rabbi sued for NIS 4 million in civil case   Three women claim Eliezer Berland's wife, leaders of Shuvu Boni...
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