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this is how you died

“Hey, this is me, your doctor. You died…” “…Worst of all, though: you died alone…” Some perspective and thoughts about the pandemic from a frontline doctor.

edjusted 5/13/20225/13/2022 contemplation, death & dying No Comments Read more

how to be better at death

Freaky-sounding title? I don’t see why it should be. I am not frightened of dying Any time will do, I don’t mind Why should I be frightened of dying? There’s no reason for it, you’ve gotta go sometime So you

edjusted 2/14/20222/14/2022 contemplation, death & dying No Comments Read more

we are made of star-stuff

edjusted 10/26/2021 contemplation, death & dying No Comments Read more

death & social media

edjusted 10/26/202110/26/2021 contemplation, death & dying No Comments Read more

the “model minority”

I’ve always thought there was something…off-putting about the “model minority” label. via GoComics

edjusted 3/31/2021 contemplation No Comments Read more

untranslatable words – saudade

saudade – a melancholic longing or yearning…“a vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist, for something other than the present.” From Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin

edjusted 3/16/20213/16/2021 contemplation, general No Comments Read more

untranslatable words – hiraeth

hiraeth – Welsh. “It combines elements of homesickness, nostalgia and longing. Interlaced, however, is the subtle acknowledgment of an irretrievable loss – a unique blend of place, time and people that can never be recreated. This unreachable nature adds an

edjusted 3/7/2021 contemplation No Comments Read more

our brain, the incredible machine

On episode 191 of the You Are Not So Smart podcast…David Eagleman discusses his new book, Livewired, exploring how technology can take advantage of brain plasticity to add new senses and expand subjective reality in ways never before possible. It

edjusted 10/23/2020 contemplation, politics, science No Comments Read more

medicine needs a higher bar

The name of the video is “Stop Using Cancer Treatments That Don’t Work (w/Dr. Vinay Prasad)”, but that barely scratches the surface. This is such an informative video that *really* makes you think about the state of modern medicine in

edjusted 10/13/2020 contemplation, science No Comments Read more

I wanna be difficult!

via GoComics

edjusted 8/2/2020 contemplation No Comments Read more
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