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A survey of Japanese people aged 18 to 34 found that almost 70 percent of unmarried men and 60 percent of unmarried women are not in a relationship.
Moreover, many of them have never got close and cuddly. Around 42 percent of the men and 44.2 percent of the women admitted they were virgins.https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/09/16/national/social-issues/sexless-japan-almost-half-young-men-women-virgins-survey/#.XOTpKJMzZE4
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p076n241/the-men-leading-japan-s-surprising-sex-recession #Health -
Shōjin Ryōri Cooking is rooted in the concept that the earth and body are inseparable. It is only through attaining a perfect symbiosis with the land that we can truly reap the benefits of the earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_cuisine
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Today, nearly 60 percent of kids get to school by car, almost four times as many as in the late 1960s, when just 16 percent of children did so. https://www.citylab.com/life/2019/05/high-school-commute-drive-sleep-exercise-children-teens/588850/
And any amount of "electric self driving AI cars etc." won't change this inhumane absurdity. Seems people like @elonmusk have not gotten the memo yet.
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The price of plenty: how beef changed America: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/07/the-price-of-plenty-how-beef-changed-america #Regenerative #Biology #Health
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People Are Clamoring to Buy Old Insulin Pumps - How an obsolete medical device with a security flaw became a must-have for some patients with type 1 diabetes:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/04/looping-created-insulin-pump-underground-market/588091/OpenAPS - Open Artificial Pancreas System project is an open and transparent effort to make safe and effective basic Artificial Pancreas System (APS) technology widely available to more quickly improve and save as many lives as possible and reduce the burden of Type 1 diabetes: https://openaps.org/ #OpenSource #P2P #Health
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An increasing body of evidence suggests that the time we spend on our smartphones is interfering with our:
- sleep
- self-esteem
- relationships
- memory
- attention spans
- creativity
- productivity
- problem-solving and decision-making skills
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/well/mind/putting-down-your-phone-may-help-you-live-longer.html #Health #Technology
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Residential green space in childhood is associated with lower risk of psychiatric disorders from adolescence into adulthood:
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/02/26/1807504116.abstract #HealthInstead of all this mindless talk of introducing computers into young children's lives (lots of scientific studies show its a horrible idea) - here is evidence that exposing them to nature has great effects. From an evolutionary perspective, this seems rather obvious.
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Dr. Martin Pall: “The 5G Rollout Is Absolutely Insane.” #Technology #Health
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"Verily, Alphabet's life science division, is building a tech-focused rehab campus in Ohio to combat the opioid crisis": https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/06/alphabets-verily-building-a-rehab-campus-to-combat-opioid-addiction.html "focus on understanding what works in the clinic & track patient behaviour when they get out to see what sticks" And so it begins...
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"DNA is a fractal antenna in electromagnetic fields": http://sci-hub.tw/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21457072 by Martin Blank & Reba Goodman.
The wide frequency range of interaction with EMF is the functional characteristic of a fractal antenna, and DNA appears to possess the two structural characteristics of fractal antennas, electronic conduction and self symmetry. These properties contribute to greater reactivity of DNA with EMF in the environment, and the DNA damage could account for increases in cancer epidemiology, as well as variations in the rate of chemical evolution in early geologic history.
Blank's book "Overpowered - What Science Tells Us About the Dangers of Cell Phones & Other WiFi-Age Devices" is interesting: https://www.sevenstories.com/books/3399-overpowered
Statement by Elizabeth Kelley, Executive Director of Electromagnetic Safety Alliance:
https://emsafetyalliance.org/index.php/emf-health-safetyElectromagnetic fields (EMF) and Electromagnetic Radiation pose serious health threats to man and nature, and endangers planetary health. Artificial human-made electromagnetic fields were first introduced on planet Earth in the mid 19th Century when man started harnessing energy for electricity and wireless applications. All living organisms have evolved in natural background radiation.
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"Cell Phone Radiation May Affect Memory Performance In Adolescents, Study Finds": https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180719121803.htm
Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields may have adverse effects on the development of memory performance of specific brain regions exposed during mobile phone use. These are the findings of a study involving nearly 700 adolescents in Switzerland. The investigation, led by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), will be published on Monday, 23 July 2018 in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
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LSD and magic mushrooms could heal damaged brain cells in people suffering from depression, study shows: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/psychedelic-drugs-brain-repair-lsd-depression-anxiety-lsd-dmt-amphetamines-ketamine-a8395511.html
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Sunrise Health - a Digital Peer Support System: https://www.sunrisehealth.co/
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"Motivation, Engagement and Thriving in User Experience (METUX)" - A Wellbeing Design Framework for Practice: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00797/full
There is a great need for practical tools to help designers and researchers incorporate wellbeing research into practice. The model provides a framework grounded in psychological research that allows HCI researchers and practitioners to form actionable insights with respect to how technology designs support or undermine basic psychological needs, thereby increasing motivation and engagement, and ultimately, improving user wellbeing.
We propose that in order to address wellbeing, psychological needs must be considered within at least five different spheres of analysis including: at the point of technology adoption, during interaction with the interface, as a result of engagement with technology-specific tasks, as part of the technology-supported behavior, and as part of an individual's life overall. Otherwise, important contradictory effects can be missed. After all, a technology can appear to support wellbeing at one level but severely hinder it at another level (think of tech addiction that provides momentary need-satisfaction at the moment of use but disrupts psychological need satisfaction at the life level.)
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My number 1 recommendation for improved mental health and ecologically & ethically sound behaviour, is "surround yourself with lifeforms that exist at radically different timescales". Plants & Animals perceive time very differently and act differently. It is worth listening deeply.
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Money, happiness and eternal life - Greed - Full Documentary:
Can money and power ever make us happy? How much is enough? Our constant desire for more is part of our human nature.
Some call it a useful dowry of evolution, others a fault in the human genetic make-up: The old mortal sin Greed seems to be more ubiquitous than ever. Why can't people ever get enough, where is this self-indulgence leading - and are there any ways out of this vicious circle of gratification?
"People like to have a lot of stuff because it makes them the feeling of living forever," says American social psychologist Sheldon Solomon, who believes today's materialism and consumerism will have disastrous consequences.
Anyone who fails to satisfy his or her desires in this age of the Ego is deemed a loser. But with more than 7 billion people on the Earth, the ramifications of this excessive consumption of resources are already clear. Isn’t the deplorable state of our planet proof enough that "The Greed Program," which has made us crave possessions, status and power, is coming to an end? Or is the frenzied search for more and more still an indispensable part of our nature? We set off to look for the essence of greed. And we tell the stories of people who - whether as perpetrators or victims or even just as willing consumers - have become accomplices in a sea change in values. http://www.dw.com/en/tv/greed/s-32898"There is a thin line that separates a business man & a criminal. Why? Cause anything i do someone is bound to say i've cheated him. If its Bill Gates or me, people will say we are criminal - its cause we think beyond how other people think" - A leading business man / politican in Zimbabwe
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The Welsh phrase "dod yn ôl at fy nghoed", meaning "to return to a balanced state of mind", literally means "to return to my trees". #Health
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More than one-third of graduate students report being depressed: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03803-3 #Health
