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Note: This is the last issue of Further for the year. Details at the end. Back in 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreesen posited that “we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy.” Hard to argue …
I distinctly remember how excited I was about the Internet back in 1994, as primitive as it was then. My fascination dated back to reading William Gibson novels in the 1980s, long before I ever owned a computer. Starting in 1998, I began the Internet lifestyle. Once I started publishing online, I effectively started living …
Seems everyone has their favorite detox method, from Beyonce to Dr. Oz. And in case you’re confused, this has nothing to do with attending celebrity rehab. From juice cleanses, to brown rice diets, to elaborate colonic procedures, people are aiming to remove unhealthy toxins from the body as a way to kickstart better health. It’s …
Thanksgiving is upon us in the U.S., and that means turkey, stuffing, football, and … oh yeah, gratitude. Funny how that seems to get lost a bit. We know gratitude is good for us. And if the quote above from Thomas Merton is to be believed, a lack of gratitude leads to complaining, which can …
I’ll admit, before I started Further I didn’t have much use for personal development stuff. Being in the online publishing business, I found the endless parade of platitudes and shallow advice to be fairly inconsequential. My attitude was probably a bit cynical. But people who think the latest mind hack, two-day seminar, or inspirational guru …
Isn’t it odd that some people seem to seek out anger and offense? It’s as if the lack of something to complain about is a vacuum that nature abhors. Maybe it’s people who think that Starbucks switching to a red cup is somehow killing Christmas. Or maybe it’s the reaction to people who think a …
Are you in an unhealthy relationship … with your phone? Researchers at Iowa State University are trying to quantify what they’ve coined “nomophobia” (or, no-mobile-phone-phobia): The feelings of anxiety or distress that some people experience when not having their phone, and The degree to which we depend on phones to complete basic tasks and to …
So, if you have’t heard this news yet, you’re probably hiding out in a cave, gnawing on the flesh of a fresh kill. Drop the bone, back away, and listen up. The World Health Organization announced that “eating processed meat like hot dogs, ham and bacon raises the risk of colon cancer.” Plus, eating red …
Let’s do this … here are the newest top ten resources that will help you live your best life. We’ll kick things off with a topic we’ve covered before — fake productivity. All that matters is what you accomplish, not how hard you work, right?
Let’s do this … here are the newest top ten resources that will help you live your best life. We’ll kick things off with a topic we’ve covered before — fake productivity. All that matters is what you accomplish, not how hard you work, right?
Welcome to Further! Here are this week’s top ten resources that will help you live your best life. Today’s lead article is a bit out there on the futuristic side, but human intelligence augmentation is coming, one way or another. Can you imagine that in as little as 15 years, your neocortex could be connected …
Greetings from sunny Southern California and the last day of my vacation (it’s been unseasonably hot … but it’s still hard to complain). Thanks for letting me have last week off, I truly needed the break. But now, alas, it’s time to jump on a plane back home. Enjoy this week’s issue while I’m up …