Illumination

Israel’s HAMAS Miscalculation! The notion that HAMAS, the Islamist movement governing the Gaza Strip, is a rational actor has been a cornerstone of Israeli strategic thinking for years. This perspective posits that HAMAS, despite its extremist ideology, is capable of making calculated decisions that balance its goals with the potential costs of confrontation.

Do Women Really Need Men? What Kind of Family Will We Have in 10 Years? Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Ioann-Mark Kuznietsov on Unsplash Let us ask the question honestly, the way sociologists are supposed to but rarely do in public. Does a modern woman need a man? Economically: increasingly, no. Women’s remarkable progress in the labor market marks one of the most significant economic and social changes of the past seventy-five years. She earns. She builds. She owns.

Welcome to the Hotel: Please Enjoy Your Stay After I Decontaminate It… OCD and it’s place in my travel plans Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Vojtech Bruzek on Unsplash I’ve written before about my OCD and hotels, but apparently I have not suffered enough publicly, because here we are again. For most families, arriving at a hotel is exciting. You walk through the door, drop your bags, throw open the curtains, and immediately begin planning your first adventure.

I talked about the various directions my mind incessantly takes in understanding peace. But first of all, Why do we want peace? It seems to have an obvious answer because life has troubles, and who does not want to surpass their troubles and seek a peaceful life; Not to feel the stress of work as the day begins, and not to find it unimaginably tough to take a good night’s sleep; Not to feel overwhelmed at the losses we gain in life. But I don’t suppose it is that easy.

Was it a Burnout? Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Mykyta Kravčenko on Unsplash What I learnt from being forced to sit through my study holidays for a month. Not really what I was supposed to learn. Now that I’m done with the exams, I can safely say that that month was worse than my finals month. First of all, getting it out of the way, I couldn’t lock my phone in a different room. It had all the details I needed about my syllabus. My study group chat.

Heavy-handed Jamaican Justice. A way with wordplay. Note: This story is told from a Carib-Jamericanadian perspective, and seasoned with poetry and snippets of Jamaican Patois inserted here and there throughout, as may be found fitting. Yeah, man, a Jamaica yaad mi come fram, sorry, I meant to say; I’m Jamaican born and bred, okay? Yes, wordplay is the order of the day around here.

I’m So Glad I Cancelled My Trip What I gained by staying home Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Md Mahdi on Unsplash I was meant to go away last Friday, but due to family reasons, I cancelled. I knew I couldn’t go, but at the same time, it did feel like a waste of money because I couldn’t get a refund or credit. I no longer feel that way, because I accomplished more in the past few days than I could have ever accomplished on a cruise ship.

Yes, Narcissists can feel empathy - Part 1 But not the same way we do, it’s more complicated than you think. Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Kylli Kittus on Unsplash The research clearly suggests : Narcissism may be linked to lower spontaneous empathy, but that doesn’t mean the ability to empathize is missing. In a 2014 study: Researchers Erica Hepper, Claire Hart, and Constantine Sedikides wanted to test this directly.

The AI Tool That Turns Weeks of Research Into Minutes One tool. 300 million papers. A fraction of the time you’re used to spending. Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Burst on Unsplash The writing part of a research paper isn’t usually what breaks people. It’s everything that has to happen before you even open a blank document. Hundreds of tabs open. PDFs scattered across three folders you can’t remember the names of. A citation manager you half-understand.

SOCIAL MEDIA/PARENTING/TECHNOLOGY When Did Our Children Become Influencers? Where does childhood end and personal branding begin? Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Yarenci Hdz on Unsplash “My children are living, thinking human beings. It isn’t in my power to regret them, for they belong to themselves.” — Rachel Cusk It was late one evening when Instagram recommended an account I recognized immediately.