Juices of Mortal Glory: a pronoiac view of shame from the poet Robert Hass. Warning: This poem may offend some people who feel shame about their juices of mortal glory
Archive for February, 2010
What if You Could Reduce Your Levels of Shame by, Say, Even 30%?
Posted in Videos, tagged robert hass, shame on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’re Closer to Each Other Than We Know
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged brain, empathy on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our Brains Were Built For Feeling Each Other’s Pain
Don’t You Prefer Good Shocks to Bad Ones?
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged ideas on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
12 Shocking Ideas That Could Change the World
No, People Are Not Actually More Interested in Bad News Than Good News
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged good news, inspiration, media on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rob says: “What kind of information travels fastest? Do people prefer to spread good news or bad news? Would we rather scandalize or enlighten? SURPRISE: People prefer e-mailing articles with positive rather than negative themes, and they liked to send long articles on intellectually challenging topics that inspire awe.” People Share News That Inspires Awe
Nature’s Pronoiac Revenge
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged forests on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Some forests are growing back
Even the Animals Are Conspiring to Shower Us With Blessings
Posted in Articles & Essays, Videos, tagged animals, rescues on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Top 5 Animal Super-Hero Stories
Nature Tries out the Human Version of Pronoia
Posted in Articles & Essays, Images, tagged antelope, awww, cheetah, nature on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Three cheetahs spare tiny antelope’s life, and play with him instead
Evolution Plays Pronoiac Tricks?
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged compassion, kindness on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Social scientists build case for “survival of the kindest”
People You Don’t Know Are Working Behind the Scenes to Save People You Don’t Know
Posted in Books, tagged health care, medicine, paul farmer on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
The Great Unknown Is Your Paradise
Posted in Videos, tagged 2010, predictions on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rob says: “This video is a mix of corny New Age feel-good optimism and profound, unexpected metaphysical truths.”
Do You Realize How Miraculous Your Body Is?
Posted in Articles & Essays, Images, tagged biology, cells on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rob says: “You may not be interested in studying how your cells create energy for you, but it would be good to have a sense of how unbelievably complex and stupendously miraculous they are.” Metabolic pathways (description) Metabolic pathways (image)
Higher Powers Are Trying to Reach You
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged dreams on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dreams That Reconnect Us to the Sacred: “The Divine often guides us through hints, which we have to catch and respond to without rational understanding.” Dreams: Reconnecting Us To The Sacred Sufi Dreamwork
