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This is the most scientifically-validated answer. Full-spectrum lighting has been shown to reduce the effects of SAD. I keep a normal lamp with a full-spectrum bulb at my desk and turn it on for meetings during the day. It is enough for me to eliminate SAD.

It doesn't work for controversial topics.

> I've become somewhat disillusioned about the idea of encouraging people to think for themselves.

If the average person shouldn't think for themselves, who do you think should think for themselves? Only someone with a degree? Only someone who can do the math?

> the best heuristic I could come up with is "trusting the expert consensus".

How do you decide which experts to trust? Do you leave that up to the government to choose for you?

The question of whether standards are beneficial and whether the government should mandate standards are two completely separate questions.

Microsoft Paint. Yes, photoshop can do 10,000 more things, but sometimes you want quick and dirty and it has all the basics you need.

> Ten years in and I’m seeing some of the hobbies come back, some of the personal goals. But I have a different perspective on them now. They are complements to who I am, not what define me, and I’m always ready to put them back on the shelf.

I have no children and have developed a similar perspective as I've gotten older. When I was younger, I wanted my extra-curricular endeavors to lead into a full-time career, money and notoriety. While I did make money and achieve some notoriety, those activities now inhabit--what I consider to be--a healthier space in my mind. I am content enjoying them while I do them and also content with putting them aside for stretches of time. For good or for bad, I no longer feel like I need to prove something to the world.

My experience has been the same. In urban areas, people seem to me to be less friendly than in suburban areas, maybe out of a sense of maintaining their own space. If you become acquainted with a neighbor who turns out to be annoying or clingy, there's very little refuge.

TL;DR: Because Apple is advertising on the App Store, which they've been doing for years, they are now in the Ad Business.

> Wearing clothes that are visibly damaged incurs social judgment.

So does wearing clothes that are out of fashion. Draw the line where you want to but don't judge others for choosing differently.

Why not shop at thrift stores instead? Why not continue to wear clothes that are visibly damaged?

I don't agree that surveillance cameras on public property are an invasion of privacy any more than police body cams. As a photographer, I am allowed to take photos and video anywhere on public property, with the exception of places where there is an expectation of privacy, like a public restroom. To me, the same applies to government surveillance. The problem arises when the government restricts that video from the public, which can be countered with laws like the Freedom of Information Act.

You're reinforcing his point. Major news media acts as if they can't report on Hunter Biden because there's only room for one story in the news cycle: Jan 6th.

That's what was so refreshing about Top Gun Maverick. It was mostly practical effects instead of CGI overload.

Agreed. Was about to comment on the same. Seems like they wanted to imply that the religious practices were less evolved and complex than modern-day religions. But the word choice could be better.

Then make a law requiring people to stay out of proximity to the action. Don't make a law against recording police.

While police can enforce a perimeter in the course of police work, specifically outlawing recording will be/should be struck down as unconstitutional.

Any two groups of people classified by "gender or race or culture or whatever" will have different outcomes. Italians and Irish will have different incomes, representations in corporations, etc. The dogma is to say that all differences can be ascribed to systemic injustice.

TL;DR: The FDA hasn't yet approved some ingredients used in other countries.

> That is dangerous overstatement.

That is a hyperbolic statement.

Congress can make new laws or constitutional amendments, so SCOTUS is not all we're discussing here. Nor did SCOTUS take away the rights of states to allow abortion. There is no "one side" having their say on this matter.

Democrats control the House, Senate and Presidency. That's hardly one-sided.

Yeah, that's how the supreme court works. Previously it was the other side who handed down a ruling.

It's a shame the abortion debate is overtaken by radicals on both sides when the majority of Americans would prefer laws similar to most European nations: legal abortion within the first trimester.

For many affiliations, particularly political ones, your affiliation is more based on hating the outgroup than loving the ingroup. For example, I would wager that most Republicans hate Democrats more than they love Republicans and more progressives hate conservatives more than they love progressives. You need look no further than left and right leaning news sources to see this. A left leaning news source is far more about exposing people on the right than talking about how good the left is, and vice versa.

Ground (https://ground.news/) attempts to deliver news while allowing readers to compare how media outlets with different political ideologies are covering stories.

Examine.com is a great site to summarize and analyze studies on supplements:

https://examine.com/supplements/curcumin/

The best solution to getting past the anxiety/fear-avoidance cycle is to take small, manageable actions while accepting the feelings that go along with those actions.

Start with the smallest steps possible. Maybe that means opening the assignment and saving it to your computer. Then put it down and walk away. Come back in a little while and take another small step, such as reading over the assignment or making an outline of what you need to do to get it done. Often once you've done something you will often start to feel a lot different than if you've done nothing.

Keep track of how you're feeling. It's okay to feel more anxiety at first because you're doing something instead of nothing. Those feelings tend to subside over time as you take action, but the point is not to reduce your anxiety, the point is that you are making a commitment to do something in your life, to live your life, rather than to remain paralyzed in fear. Your goal is not to get rid of the anxiety but to live the kind of life you want to live.

This is the model for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. A great book on this is "Get Out of Your Mind and into Your Life."

Or they don't value the product because it's free. Every time I've posted something free on craigslist, the person is much more likely to no-show or keep rescheduling pick up times, so much so that I won't do it anymore.

In recent surveys, Democrats are found to be far more intolerant of Republicans than vice-versa.

Young Dems more likely to despise the other party https://www.axios.com/2021/12/08/poll-political-polarization...

Oh my god, this is such a huge pet peeve of mine, particularly when walking or riding a bike. They draw out the path on the map but 90% of the streets aren't labeled, including the street you're supposed to turn on.