Lifestyle
Alongside taking care of other people and the planet, make sure you take good care of yourself. The Lifestyle section at the Optimist Daily has solutions for everyday wellbeing on topics like food, beauty, fashion, and the latest trends. Curious about caring for houseplants, eating plant-based, or parenting tips? It’s all in there.
Crowdfunding for medical expenses is rising
It should be obvious as a fundamental principle that in a civilized country, crowdfunding for direct medical expenses should be utterly unnecessary. You get sick or injured, your medical care should be covered by the community at large. Yet public appeals by families or individuals for help paying Read More...
Germany utility launches 100s of Ethereum based electric cars charging stations
A subsidiary of RWE, one of Germany’s biggest energy and gas provider with 30 million customers and billions of revenue, has launched 100s of electronic vehicles (EV) charging stations all over Germany, connected to ethereum’s public blockchain. Carsten Stöcker, Senior Manager at Read More...
Reinventing capitalism with this new book on a clean money revolution
These times call for courageous new thinking. Money is perhaps our biggest blind spot. We look at it very myopically. We ignore noticing what it is doing on behalf of us. We let it do things we would never see ourselves doing. We must find new eyes to examine our personal connections to atrocity, Read More...
Bitcoin spikes to an all-time high
Bitcoin is trading at a record high. The cryptocurrency is up 2.9% at $1,330 a coin as of 10:17 a.m. ET. 2017 has been a volatile year for bitcoin. It rallied more than 20% in the opening week before crashing 35% on word that China was going to begin to crack down on trading. The Read More...
Best friends can boost resilience during tough times
Best friends are great for celebrating the good times, but a new study suggests that their biggest emotional boosts may come when the going gets tough. Researchers say the preliminary analysis provides the first long-term evidence that having a close, non-romantic relationship can be enormously Read More...
How close are your strangers: A country-to-country guide to personal space
Those who have traveled know that the concept of personal space—how close we stand to our colleagues, our friends, stranger—is not universal. In fact, research shows people in Argentina and other South American countries require less personal space than people from Asia. In Saudi Arabia, people Read More...
Ontario is going to give universal basic income a shot
The idea of basic income is being hailed for its potential to reduce poverty and cut out red tape. Finland recently launched its own trial in January, and now the largest province in Canada is experimenting with giving a basic income to randomly selected people with no strings attached. Single Read More...
Philosophers and scientists agree: this one thing is the key to happiness
Gretchen Rubin, author of "Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives," says strong relationships are the key to happiness. Following is a transcript of the video. I was surprised by how much evidence there is that to be happy and even to be healthy we really need to have Read More...
This incredible brain-art will blow your mind
Want to see the human brain in a way you’ve never seen it before? Using a new technique called micro-etching, two scientists-turned-artists used a single slice of brain tissue and magnified it 22 times to create 11 vibrant images that vividly show the intricacies that make up the human brain. The Read More...
We are smarter together than we are on our own, we need groups to solve problems
The mind is built for collaboration, yet we lionize individual achievement. We imagine our heroes toiling in isolation, mastering all necessary skills, and solving critical problems before moving on to their next world-altering pursuit. This is a myth. According to cognitive science professors and Read More...