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13. Escape into fantasy worlds <p>Perhaps unsurprisingly, global uncertainty has led to a <a href="https://www.foresightfactory.co/trends-report/">boom in escapism </a>, and all signs point to this continuing strongly into the next decade. Fantasy can and will take various forms, including long-form immersive gaming experiences, ketamine’s recreational popularity and new acceptance as a clinical treatment, and increasing commercial emphasis on the worlds of young adult literature and its spin offs across media.</p>

Limited Information: The Importance of Feedback <p>Experience, good information, and prompt feedback are key factors that enable people to make good decisions. </p><ul><li><em>Climate change, for example, has been cited as a particularly challenging problem in relation to experience and feedback. Climate change is invisible, diffuse, and a long-term process. Pro-environmental behavior by an individual, such as reducing carbon emissions, does not lead to a noticeable change. </em></li><li><em>The same is true in the domain of health. Feedback in this area is often poor, and we are more likely to get feedback on previously chosen options than rejected ones.</em></li></ul>

4. Chak De India <p>Enjoy the gripping, close-to-life story of a Hockey Team lead by an ex-Captain to get them to bring home Hockey World Cup. Filled with all the possible machinations and twists & turns which would deter the team from winning the prestigious mega-event, the Coach who is looking for a vindication with the help of this esoteric mix of girls from all over the country, gets it right, and how! A very inspiring and laudable effort to showcase the state of Hockey in our country, which does not exactly encourage players and viewers of this extremely difficult sport.</p>

Ancient Rome: The optimates and the populares <p>Rome was divided across the class line. <strong>The ruling class called themselves</strong> <strong><em>optimates</em></strong> <strong>(the best men)</strong>. They favoured the power of the Senate of Rome and the superiority of the ruling class.</p> <p><strong>The lower classes were known as the</strong> <strong><em>populares</em></strong> <strong>(the people).</strong> They favoured reform and democratisation of the Roman Republic.</p>

Leaving The Companies And Giving Reasons On Social Media <p>Google, Facebook, multi-level marketing companies (MLMs), and “The Big 4” management consulting firms are also popular targets—with alumni skewering their former employers in extensive, detailed, no-holds-barred, direct-to-camera testimonials. </p> <p>Meanwhile, on TikTok, shorter-form [#iquit] hot takes range from earnest to emotional—sometimes even veering into mockery.</p>

Atomization <p><em>The web does not create a public.”</em> On the contrary: <em>“The informatization of reality leads to its atomization — separated spheres of what is thought to be true.” </em></p><p>Instead of the basis for a common narrative, truth becomes a subjective projection of those isolated from each other.</p><p>He goes on: <em>“This has highly deleterious consequences for the democratic process. Social media intensify this kind of communication without community. You cannot forge a public sphere out of influencers and followers.”  </em></p><p><br></p>

Rock & Roll <p>Growing up in the 50's was a blessing due to a strange beast called Rock & Roll, the sound of which was a siren call to many, and the negative reaction given by the parents was like a certification of authenticity for the beautiful, edgy tunes.</p> <p>According to American pianist Fats Domino, Rock & Roll is essentially Rhythm & Blues, as that was the main inspiration of most of the 50's rockers.</p>

5. Use Diverse Images <p>Stock images are known to often feature middle-class caucasians. </p><p>It’s not enough to just write in an inclusive manner. People will identify with your company & product more when they see people like themselves included in your content marketing efforts. It also makes it clear that you are writing for them specifically.</p><p>Make your blog posts more exclusive by including photos of people from different backgrounds. That can include people of color, non-traditional families, & people of different sizes & abilities.</p><p><br></p>

Lie: Money Is the Only Type of Wealth <p><strong>In reality, there are 5 types of wealth:</strong></p><ul><li>Financial (money)</li><li>Social (relationships)</li><li>Physical (health)</li><li>Mental (health, knowledge, faith)</li><li>Time (freedom)</li></ul><p>The blind pursuit of financial wealth can rob you of the others. Never let that happen.</p>

Winsor McCay (Little Nemo) <p>McCay is considered the father of "true" animation.</p> <p>His 1911 film, <em>Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics</em>, or <em>Little Nemo</em> contains two minutes of pure animation using sequential hand illustration in a novel way.</p>

The economic significance of Black Friday <ul> <li>The sales registered on Black Friday are frequently seen as <strong>a litmus test for the overall economic situation of the country and a way for economists to assess the confidence of the average American.</strong></li> <li>Those who follow the <strong>Keynesian hypothesis​ that spending drives economic activity</strong> view lower Black Friday sales figures as a harbinger of slower growth.</li> <li>Some investors and analysts look at Black Friday numbers as a way to <strong>gaugemeasure the overall health of the entire retail industry.</strong></li> <li>Others suggest that <strong>it only causes very short-term gains or losses.</strong></li> </ul>

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The death of the multi-camera sitcom <p>Until then, a sitcom usually functioned like a filmed play, with multiple cameras in fixed positions capturing the action of a sitcom taping, usually in front of a live audience.</p><p><i>But as time passed by, Seinfeld inserted even more single-camera sequences into the action and it broke up its stories into smaller and smaller pieces, presaging the joke-a-second pace that most single-camera sitcoms run at today</i>.<br></p>

4.1 The industrial origins of the coronavirus <p>The Coronavirus is not Vector-Borne, but Zoonotic — passed from animals to humans. There's no specific link between climate change and the Coronavirus. But there can be little doubt that climate change has increased the risk identified here. China’s particular vulnerability is related to rapid industrial growth, urban expansion, and how these factors have brought human populations into contact with animals carrying diseases. T</p>

#4. Introduce Features as “Magic Gifts” for Overcoming Obstacles to the Promised Land <p>Successful sales decks follow the same narrative structure as epic films and fairy tales. When you introduce your product or service, do so by positioning its capabilities like the Lightsaber, Wizardry and spells. It's the foundation for an engaging conversation with prospects about why it's so hard to reach the promised land with traditional solutions.</p>

Understand your topic <p>Before writing in general, it’s essential to understand your topic and what you are trying to achieve.</p><ul><li><strong>What is the product/service/brand/thing? </strong>Describe it in simple terms with two to three sentences. </li><li><strong>What makes it unique or special? </strong>What features make it different from the alternatives out there? </li><li><strong>What benefits appeal most to your audience? </strong>People want to know what is in it for them. </li><li><strong>Does it alleviate pain? </strong>People typically buy for one of two reasons; to <em>increase pleasure </em>or to <em>minimize pain</em>. </li></ul>

The Three Purusharths <p>whatever is sought by human beings these are not specific to any āśrama or varṇa but common to all. The Vedas say the three human pursuits of artha(wealth), kāma(pleasures), liberation from worldly ills (mokṣa) must have dharma as their foundation.</p><p><br></p><p>In this context, dharma refers to, human values like compassion, truth, charity, forgiveness, self-restraint, and so on.</p>

Communication Without Community <p>As you suggest in your question, another reason for the crisis of community, which is a crisis of democracy, is digitalization. </p><p>Digital communication redirects the flows of communication. Information is spread without forming a public sphere. It is produced in private spaces and distributed to private spaces. The web does not create a public. </p><p>This has highly deleterious consequences for the democratic process. Social media intensify this kind of communication without community. You cannot forge a public sphere out of influencers and followers. </p>

<p>Let's think about how we assess truth.</p><p>In general, humans determine info to be true based on 1 of 2 factors:</p><p>• Does this statement align with my previously held belief or understanding? (Rationale)</p><p>OR</p><p>• Have I come in contact with this information before?</p><p>(Familiarity)</p>

Story Writing Tips <p>Follow the <strong>S.C.E.N.E.</strong></p><p><strong>Simplicity</strong>- It should be simple to understand. </p><p><strong>Cohesiveness</strong>- The incidents should be cohesive.</p><p><strong>Enunciation</strong>- Express clearly and in details.</p><p><strong>Notes</strong>- Keep notes as the facts should match in different parts of the story.</p><p><strong>Ending</strong>- The climax has got to be a memorable content.</p>

Progress and setbacks <p><i>There are lots of overnight tragedies. There are rarely overnight miracles.</i><br></p><p><b>Progress happens too slowly for people to notice; setbacks happen too fast for people to ignore.</b> Growth means compounding and that always takes time. Destruction is driven by single points of failure, which can happen in seconds.<br></p>

Pass the Mic to Amplify <p>Become aware of who is considered a visionary and who is seen as a follower. Once you intentionally observe, you will notice that it’s largely white people and men who are given the floor to air ideas or ask questions.</p><p>Whenever possible, call on women of colour in meetings or other settings to share their ideas, especially if you are facilitating the gathering. Avoid tokenizing behaviour, however, or just taking this action as a symbolic gesture to signal that you’re including women of colour in the moment. </p>

Miniature items were invented for adults <p>Originally, dollhouses were not conceived as toys. The first baby-houses of 17th century Germany and Holland weren't even for children. They were objects for wealthy adult women to fill with expensive creations.</p><p><br></p><p>The first "playing" dollhouses were kitchens with miniature pans and copper kettles the size of a thumb to teach small girls how to keep house. It was only when girls started having fun that it became an object of play.</p>

<p>It seems that kindness always works the same way. Intentional expression of an act of kindness to other people will generate more kindness in this world.</p><p><br></p><p>In today’s society, people have this traditional tendency to assess others on a plethora of somewhat superficial measures, specifically wealth, success, and attractiveness. Most of the time, money, beauty, and power are the determinants of how famous or popular a person is because these are quantifiable or external attributes that have been carrying the most cultural currency.</p>

Ancient Greek Philosophy <ul><li>Ancient Greek philosophy <strong>extends from as far as the seventh century B.C. up until the beginning of the Roman Empire</strong>, in the first century A.D.</li><li><strong>It distinguishes itself</strong> from other early forms of philosophical and theological theorizing <strong>for its emphasis on reason as opposed to the senses or the emotions.</strong></li><li>During this period five great philosophical traditions originated: <strong>the Platonist, the Aristotelian, the Stoic, the Epicurean, and the Skeptic.</strong></li><li><strong>Favorite themes</strong> include the principle of reality, the good; the life worth being lived; the distinction between appearance and reality, etc.</li></ul>

Easter in Greece <p><strong>Eastern Orthodox communities follow the Julian calendar's holiday schedule instead of the Gregorian's.</strong> </p><ul><li><em>The Holy Fire, which is said to emit from the tomb of Jesus Christ every Holy Saturday, is flown from Jerusalem to Athens and then delivered throughout Greece. </em></li><li><em>During midnight church service, the flame is passed from the priest to worshippers’ candles. People say Christ has risen" and "Truly, He has risen".</em></li><li><em>Easter marks the end of 40 days of fasting, and the dishes served that day are appropriately indulgent and symbolic: roasted lamb, sweet and fluffy braided bread,  and red hard-boiled eggs.</em></li></ul>

Simplify your language <p><em>“Simplification is the highest sophistication” </em>, said Leonardo Da Vinci. When it comes to writing, this is especially true. It's advisable to avoid using industry jargon if your audience is unlikely to comprehend it. If a technical word is required, define it as plainly as possible. Some technical terminology or abbreviations, such as CSS (Cascading Styles Sheet), can't always be deciphered from context; make sure to define them ahead of time so your readers don't become confused. </p>

4. Slow and simple, is the only way, to feel the joy of what it means to be alive. <p>Slow down and simplify your life. Otherwise, you’ll rush through it, arrive at the end and wonder, “what was the point?” This teaching is quite simple, but its immediate and long-term implications are profound.</p><p>Slowing down is the antidote to living in a rhythm of rush. Slowing down is what helps you become a more observant person. Which then helps you become more self-aware.</p><p>As you slow down, you begin creating the space for you to pause and reflect, to wonder and ask questions. You naturally become more present.</p>

Origins Of Perfume <p><strong>The origin of perfume is commonly attributed to the ancient Egyptians.</strong> They utilized scents to celebrate prayers and religious ceremony by burning essential oils, resin, and perfumed unguents.</p> <p><strong>This practice had several functions:</strong> to ensure divinities’ protection and benevolence and to convey messages and prayers to the dead, to purify the body and to conduct embalming ceremonies.</p> <p>Over time, scents were not only confined to the sacred aspects, but they were also introduced in daily hygiene. Already at the time of the ancient Egypt there was an intense trade of spices, aromas and resins that were abundant in Egypt but also imported from distant lands such as the Middle East, Arabia and the Indians lands. <strong>From these trades were imported fine woods, scented resins, myrrh and incense that made up some of the main ingredients of the scents of the time.</strong></p>

The Aloha Spirit Law <p>Passed in 1986 by Hawai‘i lawmakers, the “Aloha Spirit” law is recognized as “<strong>the working philosophy of native Hawaiians . . . presented as a gift to the people of Hawai‘i</strong>.”</p><p>It was written by Aunty Pilahi Paki, after she foresaw a 21st century world filled with bitter conflict, a world that will look to Hawai‘i for healing.</p><p>Aloha would be its remedy.</p><p><em>According to the law, all Hawai‘i citizens and government officials must conduct themselves with aloha.</em></p>

4. Don’t go home right after a wake. <p>In the Philippines, you usually make a pitstop after a wake to “shake off” the bad spirit, whether that be a fast food place or even just a coffee shop. The idea is that you need to keep the bad spirits away from your house and that you can’t let it come in.</p>

Good Design Can Copy <p>The ambitious are not content to <strong>imitate</strong>. This growth of taste is a conscious attempt at originality.</p><p>The greatest masters go on to achieve a kind of selflessness. They just want to get the right answer, and if part of the right answer has already been discovered by someone else, that's no reason not to use it. They're confident enough to take from anyone without feeling that their own vision will be lost in the process.</p>

<p>But red is also known as the most "intense" color — it can indicate urgency, which is why stop signs are red, as well as "order now" buttons and other marketing tools that aim for consumers to act fast. Red can also indicate aggression. According to Jennifer Hettema, senior clinical director at LifeStance Health, "In both animals and humans, red can indicate the release of hormones associated with aggression and serve as a signal of dominance to others. In fact, many studies have documented a 'red effect' whereby athletes or teams that wear red seem to have a slight advantage when compared to other colors" (via Real Simple).</p>

Limit the time spent reading news <p><span>“Headline anxiety” is a growing problem. </span></p><p>One way to reduce the impact of the non-stop news cycle is to use screen-time trackers, available for most smartphones, <b>to limit the time you spend reading or watching the news on your mobile.</b></p>

The Beatles: Live music concerts <p>Live music concerts were held at stadiums in America, including a show in 1965 at Shea Stadium, to a record 55,600 fans. But after four years of constant recording, touring, and more than 1,400 live appearances, life finally started to take its toll. The last performance was at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, in August 1966.</p> <p>The Beatles now turned to the studio and recorded six studio LPs from 1966-1970, starting with <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.</em></p>

Sensitive to Sensitivity <p>Young Adult novels are especially sensitive to sensitivity; my 2004 teenage novel Sugar Rush probably wouldn’t be allowed today, as one of the young lesbians would need to be trans and I wouldn’t, as a white woman, be allowed to write a mixed-race heroine.</p><p> (Oddly, the demographic which is most ‘sensitive’ about fictional violence is the same one which favours as a leisure pursuit what I call ‘Netflix and kill’: the true-crime genre – deaths of real people rendered down into entertainment.)</p>

Learn To Imagine Looking At Simple Objects <p><br></p><p>If there's one thing that you won't find on the internet or any references website is your imagination. </p><p>Learn to look at simple objects like a cup or a bowl and imagine what it could be like, if it's size was doubled, it's texture was changed etc. </p><p>A bowl could be like a skating park or rink, whatever you call it, if I wanted it to be that way. </p><p>Finding shapes and making faces from clouds is one easy and free way to get yourself started with. The</p>

The popularity of Sunday brunch <p><strong>The word &quot;brunch&quot; first appeared in print in an 1895 Hunter&#39;s Weekly article</strong>. The author suggested an alternative to the post-church Sunday meals favouring a lighter meal served late in the morning.</p> <p><strong>Brunch is a tradition that became popular in the United States in the 1930s</strong>. After WWII, large numbers of American married women entered the workforce. But they needed some relief on Sunday, thus the rise in popularity of Sunday brunch.</p>

Sanitation - Parameters of Comparison <ul><li><strong>Refers to</strong>: It refers to good healthy living, which is achieved by preventing man from garbage contacting.</li><li><strong>Emphasis</strong>: Purely on the whole society.</li><li><strong>About</strong>: All about managing the garbage and wastes produced by humans.</li><li><strong>Concept</strong>: This concept combines the cleanliness of society as a whole.</li><li><strong>Importance</strong>: It is related to the disposal of garbage surrounding humans.</li><li><strong>Characteristic</strong>: It is for the garbage and wastes surrounding men.</li></ul>

Mardi Gras Incorporated Into Christianity <p><em>When Christianity arrived in Rome, religious leaders decided to incorporate the pagan celebrations of spring and fertility into the new faith. This was an easier task than to abolish them altogether.</em></p> <p>Consequently, the excess and debauchery of Mardi Gras season became a prelude to Lent - the 40 days of fasting and penance between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday.</p>

3. Consider More Things As Art. <p>Anything within the context of art is art. It might make you roll your eyes to think about a highly paid artist flinging paint at a canvas like a toddler. But much as John Cage taught us the difference between noise and sound, seeing art that you disagree with can challenge your notions, or help you suss out your beliefs.</p>

Slow Living Consumer Trend <p>The trend of slowing down and doing things at a more leisurely pace is not new to history. It has been in the past and we can see it today.</p><p>The slow living trend is not just about the way people live their lives, but also about how they consume products.</p><p>Slow living can be seen as a reaction to the fast-paced society that most of us live in today. By adopting this lifestyle, consumers are able to take back control of their lives and enjoy things at a slower pace.</p>