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On Michael Gazzaniga’s book, “Who’s in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain”

Posted on Sat Mar 3rd 2012Sat Mar 3rd 2012 by Dustin

Our sense of self is achieved by specialized modules in the brain working in loose formation with one another in the absence of any real self at all. They make us identify the brain’s thoughts as our own, even when the cause is known to be external control of our brain via transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Lewis Lapham on the job situation in the US (ca. 2010)

Posted on Sun May 8th 2011Sun Feb 5th 2012 by Dustin

During Ronald Reagan’s terms as president, the percentage of GDP accounted for by manufacturing fell from 21% to 14%, and the percentage accounted for by finance rose from 14% to 21%. As between compensations awarded to the high-end and the low-end, the differential at last count in 2009 stood at 263 to 1.

Food addiction: fact or fiction?

Posted on Sat Apr 16th 2011Tue Mar 25th 2014 by Dustin

Author Sunny Sea Gold, who overcame binge eating disorder, does believe that people can use food just like they would alcohol, drugs, or sex. “They can become dependent on food as a distraction, as a coping mechanism, and as something they comfort themselves with.”

Some statistics on the wealth gap

Posted on Mon Mar 7th 2011Sun Feb 5th 2012 by Dustin

400 people have as much wealth as half the US population • In 2007, the richest 1% of US households owned more than 33% of the nation’s private wealth, which is more than the combined wealth of the bottom 90 percent

On Geneen Roth’s eating guidelines

Posted on Fri Feb 4th 2011Tue Mar 25th 2014 by Dustin

When you believe in yourself more than you believe in food, you will stop using food as if it were your only chance at not falling apart. When the shape of your body no longer matches the shape of your beliefs, the weight disappears.

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