For the Han majority, the Chinese term “Zhai Yue,” the month of fasting, is not automatically associated with abstaining from food and drink. “Yue” means month. And in a religious sense, “Zhai” superficially means “vegetarian food for Buddhists and Taoists.” This article was originall...
Byron Sharp* notes that the iPod advertising campaign “did not mention the term ‘MP3 player.’” In fact, “their advertising didn’t talk about this new technology at all.” Instead of selling new technology, Apple was selling joy. As Sharp explains, the iPod advertising campaign always e...
If they try and fail, they could cause themselves long term political damage. If a particular candidate was far ahead of Harris in polling, maybe they would be enticed to take the leap. But since no one particularly stands out ahead of Harris in the polls, the risk is considerable and ...
soft-spoken, faith-brother, a Glaubensbruder, I think was the term Herr Dizni used, with a head full of pious beliefs, but a vigourous seeker of knowledge who spontaneously adopted, or at least barely paused before adopting, the action corresponding to his knowledge. What made matters worse...
Recently, there has been extensive discussion on incorporating ‘unit economics’ into private market valuations and expect for this to be mirrored in the public markets. Thus in the short to medium term look for an increased correlation between valuations and gross profit. Net profits tend to be...
She’s a bisexual woman in long-term recovery from drugs and alcohol. She’s trying to finish her novel. Her husband has had a mysterious chronic illness for several years, and her father has been in the hospital for a long time after a car accident. The hospital keeps telling them ...
often boils down to three factors:the feeling that one's life is coherent and"makes sense,"the possession of clear and satisfying long-term goals and the belief that one's life matters in the grand scheme of things.Psychologists call these three things coherence,purpose and e...
Here the term “others” refer to everything which is “not self” ie. other people (family, community, nations other plants and animals and the universe in bigger and bigger or different categories ). We must realize that everything we find in this world is the result of the interaction...
[17] I have owned several watches, all of which I wore for a year or two before each of them broke in such a way that repair was either impossible or non-cost effective. It has been a long-term goal of mine to save up enough money to purchase a watch that I will not have to ...
If you are on the fence about Musk’s credentials as some kind of genius, then I urge you to read the article ‘Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule‘. It’s pretty long, but I found it compelling: my take-away from it is that, while we should all be concerned aboutAIin the long term, the...