How to Make a Plan for Your Life and Set Personal Goals

Have you ever stopped to think about what you really want your life to be like? Dr. Richard Shell, an award-winning scholar, teacher, and author at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has found that most people don’t. Luckily, he can help you get started. Below, listen to the conversation or read the […]
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Facebook, Twitter Shutter Pro-Trump Network That Used AI To Create Fake People and Push Conspiracies

On Friday, Facebook and Twitter shut down a network of fake accounts that pushed pro-Trump messages all while “masquerading” as Americans with AI-generated faces as profile photos. The Verge reports: In a blog post, Facebook said that it connected the accounts to a US-based media company called The BL that, it claims, has ties to Epoch Media Group. In August, NBC…

How the Microsoft Store Urges Customers To Trade In Their iPhones

“Have you ever wondered how — or even why — Microsoft is offering $650 to switch from iPhone to Samsung’s latest phones?” asks tech columnist Chris Matyszczyk. “A Microsoft store salesman enlightened me. It was spiritual, as much as factual.” “This is a Microsoft store,” I said. “Why are you pushing these?” “Because three weeks ago, you couldn’t do what you…

German Entrepreneur Wants To Develop Lab-Grown Psilocybin

nightcats writes: A German capitalist wants to promote everything from psychological research, applied clinical uses of psychedelics, and even peace in the Mideast, with the help of lab-grown magic mushrooms. “Today, with a net worth of roughly $400 million accrued through various enterprises, [Christian] Angermayer is one of the driving forces behind the movement to turn long-shunned psychoactive substances, like the…

The Pineal Gland, Seat of Spiritual Connection

You may think of the spiritual world as being completely beyond and outside of the body, but in fact spirituality is a built-in feature of the human brain. Just as we have ears to help us hear sound waves and eyes to help us see shapes and colors, we have a bodily organ to help […] Source: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/ilchilee/2019/06/24/the-pineal-gland-seat-of-spiritual-connection/…

Slashdot Asks: Does Anyone Still Like Godzilla?

There’s now a new $175 million remake of Godzilla: King of the Monsters. I loved it, Msmash walked out of it, and BeauHD didn’t bother to go see it. The movie performed poorly at the box office, but I’m not the only person who still likes Godzilla. There’s also a new anime version on Netflix. And critic Matt Zoller Seitz (once…