Archive for the tag 'humanity'

books, health, learning, religion

Book Review: Against Depression (Peter D. Kramer).

Introduction:
Against Depressionby Peter D. Kramer is an astonishing volume. It is not your standard work on a mental disorder – in fact, the title is both misleading and exactly on point. Against Depression is not so much about explaining and treating depression as it is a polemic literally against depression. Kramer effortlessly skips across a [...]

health, learning, productivity, religion

The Case for Psychological Medications & Treatment.

Today I’m not going to talk about a product or service in a specific sense, but rather a more underlying philosophical approach to the mind. My hope in this post, in conjunction with the series of posts on books relevant to the major mental disorders, is to raise awareness of mental illness and remove some [...]

charity, health, productivity, software, web

World Community Grid.

Introduction:
Sometimes the problem with accomplishing a charitable objective is not convincing people to support an endeavor but simply making them aware of the need and how they can be a part of the solution1. I believe this is the case with the World Community Grid and I want to share with each of you about [...]

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