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Fire Is the Best Medicine

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Charlie Deist 0 Comments Chaos, Environmentalism, Medicine, Nature, Pandemic

Just as apocalypse means revelation, so can fire be medicine and poison. “Fire medicine” confers benefits on individuals and communities.

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Medicine Alone Can't Beat Diseases We Need Stories Too Image by Madi Robson
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Medicine Alone Can’t Beat Diseases. We Need Stories as well.

May 15, 2017August 29, 2020 Nicole Carloni 0 Comments Essential Reading, Medicine, Narrative

In joining the fight against the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, one graduate student discovers the psychological power of proper stories, and how their equally impressive ability to challenge practices, were essential to improving medical outcomes.

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A Pragmatic Approach to Ideas

An online publication focused on human flourishing, we believe that art, culture, technology, and ideas matter as much as they empower individuals and communities to live well.

 

“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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