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Amy Jones 9/24/13 Amy Jones 9/24/13

does facebook make you sink or swim? depends on how you use it (new yorker)


“The key to understanding why reputable studies are so starkly divided on the question of what Facebook does to our emotional state may be in simply looking at what …
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Amy Jones 9/24/13 Amy Jones 9/24/13

an argument for indulging in the luxury of living separately (nytimes)
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Amy Jones 9/17/13 Amy Jones 9/17/13

marilynne robinson on introspection and meditation in vice:
“ I think that, by the same discipline of introspection, you have access to a much greater part of your awareness than you would otherwise. Things come to mind. Your mind makes select…
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Amy Jones 9/17/13 Amy Jones 9/17/13

tavi gevinson on wonder, growing up and the power of darker emotion in psychology today
“When you’re a child, you have this sense of wonder- there’s no filter to what makes you happy But your teen version is more interesting. Somet…
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Amy Jones 9/13/13 Amy Jones 9/13/13

the last thing you see:  this breathtaking montage of the final shots of famous films hits the notes of meaningful themes of psychotherapy and life- awakening, nature, youth, love, journey, triumph, celebration and transcendence

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Amy Jones 9/8/13 Amy Jones 9/8/13

“The only thing worse than assuming you could get the better of suffering…is imagining you could do nothing in its wake." 
-pico iyer on suffering in the nyt
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Amy Jones 9/4/13 Amy Jones 9/4/13

adam gopnik on the continuing debate about free will and neurobiology in the new yorker:

 The really curious thing about minds and brains is that the truth about them lies not somewhere in the middle but simultaneously on both extremes. We know alr…
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Amy Jones 9/1/13 Amy Jones 9/1/13

creativity, instrumentality, and expressiveness:  psychological and physical androgyny in scientific american 
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Amy Jones 8/26/13 Amy Jones 8/26/13

“When you say "mother” or “father” you describe three different phenomena. There is the giant who made you and loomed over your early years; there is whatever more human-scale version might have been possible to perceive…
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Amy Jones 8/26/13 Amy Jones 8/26/13

how living in cities has changed the words we write, read and think in the atlantic
“…the evidence mostly comes from literature, a collection of 1,160,000 English-language popular and academic books published between 1800 and 2000. If A…
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Amy Jones 8/20/13 Amy Jones 8/20/13

how to use discretionary funds to make yourself happy: buy time, experiences, and “treats” in psychology today
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Amy Jones 8/20/13 Amy Jones 8/20/13

old school vs. new school kid’s entertainment in the atlantic: are new school movies for children harmfully optimistic about individual potential and “miraculous victory”?

 
“A Boy Named Charlie Brown might come across now a…
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Amy Jones 8/12/13 Amy Jones 8/12/13

phillip lopate on the antidote to professional envy in the nyt:
“Fortunately, the solution to such a painful dilemma is always close by. I am referring to a sense of perspective. We are all soon to be dust and ashes under the aspect of eternit…
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Amy Jones 8/12/13 Amy Jones 8/12/13

rebecca solnit on humanity in harper’s:
“Something that’s really important to me is to be clear that madness, criminality, forgetfulness, selfishness, cluelessness are not someone else’s attributes; the question is not who has those qual…
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Amy Jones 8/12/13 Amy Jones 8/12/13

walter white, the irreducibility of human character, and judgement in the la review of books
“Once we define human experience as individual and free, that is, Breaking Bad warns us that we can’t retreat into quasi-religious categories of good …
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Amy Jones 8/12/13 Amy Jones 8/12/13

george saunders on the imperative of kindness:

“Do all the other things, the ambitious things – travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes, swim naked in wild jungle rivers(…) – but as you do, to…
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Amy Jones 7/24/13 Amy Jones 7/24/13

does instagram create even more of an emotional menace than facebook?: slate takes a look
“Krasnova’s research has led her to define what she calls an “envy spiral” peculiar to social media. “If you see beautiful photos of your friend on Insta…
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Amy Jones 7/21/13 Amy Jones 7/21/13

the complexities of anxiety in the nyt 
“The value and necessity of anxiety mean that it will persist until the last breath. It is impossible to extinguish, no matter the level at which it affects you. If you are one of those unlucky souls who…
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Amy Jones 7/6/13 Amy Jones 7/6/13

loneliness, solitude and creativity in the new inquiry

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Amy Jones 6/22/13 Amy Jones 6/22/13

how reading literary fiction enhances our character in time


“… immersion is supported by the way the brain handles language rich in detail, allusion and metaphor: by creating a mental representation that draws on the same brain region…
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