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Sunday reading: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe π
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TIL: The last person to be transported into chattel slavery in the USA died in 1940. An example of the Great Span
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βWhat I wish to do is to persuade those who are concerned with maintaining democratic institutions to see that their constructive efforts must include technology itself. There, too, we must return to the human center. We must challenge this authoritarian system that has given to an under-dimensioned ideology and technology the authority that belongs to the human personality. I repeat: life cannot be delegated.β
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Winnie Lim reviews Endure by Alex Hutchinson and talks about the connection between physical and mental performance and regulation:
For me, this just demonstrates the malleability of our minds and bodies. That they are capable of change, that we can probably push our limits further than we originally believed. We donβt have to be elite athletes to experience this change. In a positive feedback loop, any input will start the loop going.