Equilibrium
In Three Cups of Tea, what does the "planet's relentless march towards equilibrium" teach Dr. Hoerni and Greg Mortenson?
How does your life reflect equilibrium?
How does your life reflect equilibrium?
Is Your Social Networking Feed an Addiction?
Over at Live Science "A new study found that the brains of people who report compulsive urges to use social networking sites show some brain patterns similar to those found in drug addicts." Yikes, that's saying something. One of the problems seems to be that we all love the positive reinforcement we get from social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Tumblr. Another may be that most people don't see social networking as a harmful addiction. After all it's not like huffing cocaine or mainlining heroin. But are our beliefs true? There's no harm? What about body image? Seriously, who posts a picture when they look like something a dog just vomited on the floor? We see fabulous pics of our fabulous looking friends doing fabulous things. How does that affect our self-image? And what about being left out when your friends post party pics? There's even an an acronym for that--FOMO (fear of missing out) leaving one feeling depr...
Jean Hoerni was known for his scientific researches. He was a rich man that he owned could afford everything he wanted. He realized his successful career and his wealthy life were useless if he didn't help the children in Korphe. Dr. Hoerni thought that he had to leave something before he died, and he did, he funded the school in Korphe.
ReplyDeleteEveryone of us has different opinion of life. Some people think that they have to do something meaningful to help other people, but some people think only about themselves. They don't care how other live. In my opinion, if I can do something helpful for other people just like Dr. Hoerni and Greg Mortenson do, life will be more peaceful.