literature

The Joys of Reading

Travel to Another World – The Joys of Reading

The earth is more literate than ever before. As little as two-hundred years ago, only around 12% of the global population possessed the ability (or access to education) to read – with the vast majority of that 12% being members of the educated, elite classes. By 1960, a dramatic increase in access to education, schooling …

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Intellectual Dark Web

Michael Brooks Tours the Intellectual Dark Web   

In May of 2018, New York Times columnist, Bari Weiss, penned an article about the “renegades of the web”, the Intellectual Dark Web (IDW). The term, coined by the mathematician, Eric Weinstein, encompassed the following individuals: psychologist, self-help author, and university celebrity, Jordan Peterson; podcaster, atheist, and neuroscientist, Sam Harris; biologist, a former professor at …

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The Woman Who Mistook Her Motorbike for a Bed and Other Tales by Guy Leschziner

In Britain, neurologist Guy Leschziner runs one of the busiest clinics in the country. While many neurologists see patients with rare disorders of the nervous system, Leschziner frequently receives cases that deal with the still-mysterious world of sleep. While the frequent insomnia patient is always at the doorsteps of the clinic, other cases tend to …

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