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Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change by George Marshall

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If you are already inclined (by your values, politics, or social group) to see climate change as dangerous, then it looks really dangerous. If you are not inclined that way, then it looks exaggerated. Once again, the perception of climate ...more

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“I felt a Cleaving in my Mind—
As if my Brain had split—
I tried to match it—Seam by Seam—
But could not make it fit.”
― Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

tags: mind, poetry

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“ستبقى السجون وسوف تتسع إذا ظلّ الناس في بلادنا يفخرون بصبرهم واحتمالهم ، وأن من يعاني أكثر في الدنيا لابد أن يجازى في الآخرة ، وإذا استمروا أيضاً ينتظرون طيور السماء لكي تنقذهم !”
― عبد الرحمن منيف, الآن هنا.. أو شرق المتوسط مرة أخرى

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“لا تتعامل مع الحياة بمقياس الرغبة. الرغبة يأتي عليها وقت، وترحل.”
― فهد الطاسان, قد لا تبدو غريبا بعد هذا

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“It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.”
― Georgia O'Keeffe

tags: art, georgia-o-keeffe, inspirational, wisdom, women-s-issues

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“I believe that words uttered in passion contain a greater living truth than do those words which express thoughts rationally conceived. It is blood that moves the body. Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things.”
― Natsume Soseki, Kokoro

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