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How do you feel?
part one in a new series on depression.
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Burn, baby, burn
Metabolism Matters - Eating, Exercise, and Evolution Impact Our Energy Burn
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'Anger is an energy'
hydraulic theories of emotion are meh, and a bit dangerous, actually
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March 2024

Creative flow
effortless performance while at the edge of your expertise
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Belief exhaustion (part two)
Covert heresies; overt dangers: Andor; MAGA; Brexit; communism; the USSR; secret police; the shouty man; two minute hate...
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Interesting reads, March 2024 edition
Maximising happiness or psychological richness; substack essays; days like these; Dune; benign masochism; more...
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Belief exhaustion (part one)
‘when you’re tired as hell, and can’t believe in it anymore’
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February 2024

Zealots, extremists, ideologues, and fanatics (ZEIFs)
‘He's a fanatic, so we can stop him, because a fanatic is always concealing a secret doubt.’
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Some interesting reads for February 2024
Evolving past cancer; Long covid; Why Movements Fail; Identity and belief; Taking notes by hand; Valley Heat; A tough take on Thomas Piketty…
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Dementia (.... and Joe Biden)
Navigating the complexities of cognition and brain ageing
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Brain scans reveal critical periods for vulnerability
Navigating mental health challenges across the lifecourse (part two)
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January 2024

Life expectancy under strain - the silent epidemic
Navigating mental health challenges across the lifecourse (part one)
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