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Really Reading Means Being Open to Change

July 24, 2018August 2, 2018 ~ cafebedouin

To really read any discursive text, whether a philosophical tract or a legal contract, is a disturbing and cognitively disorienting experience, because it means allowing another person’s thoughts to intrude into your own and rearrange your beliefs and assumptions — often not in ways to which you would consent if warned in advance. Even when … Continue reading Really Reading Means Being Open to Change

Bad Gyms

July 21, 2018July 21, 2018 ~ cafebedouin ~ 1 Comment

When some one enters a gym for the first time, what are they looking for? If they are young, the driving force is often performance. Athletes want to be better at their chosen sport, and the gym provides a training ground in which to improve. For the non-athlete entering the gym later in life, the … Continue reading Bad Gyms

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