It's a civic virtue to be exposed to things that appear to be outside your interest. In a complex world, almost everything affects you — that closes the loop on pecuniary self-interest. Customers are always right, but people aren't.
A fit, healthy body–that is the best fashion statement
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Jess C. Scott
V-Day…if you need this one day in a year to show everyone else you truly care for “your loved one” I think it’s quite stupid. I hate this commercialism. It’s all artificial, and has nothing to do with real love.
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Jess C. Scott
My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism.
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Jess C. Scott
Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.
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Joseph Fort Newton
Maybe you could be mine / or maybe we’ll be entwined / aimless in this sexless foreplay.
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Jess C. Scott
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It's a civic virtue to be exposed to things that appear to be outside your interest. In a complex world, almost everything affects you — that closes the loop on pecuniary self-interest. Customers are always right, but people aren't.
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Memory has always been social. Now we’re using search engines and computers to augment our memories, too.
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The humanitarian developers behind World of Warcraft have also discovered a way to bribe gamers into turning off their computers and going outside. If you log off for a few days, your character will be more 'rested' when you resume playing, a mode that temporarily...
