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She Did Not Go Gently

The placebo effect is real. It’s measurable. It’s why we have placebo trials in medical research—because the hope buried inside that sugar pill has a measurable medical benefit. Hope is literally medicine, and it’s powerful stuff.

B.J. Campbell 27 Apr 2019 · 9 min read

High Theory and Low Seriousness

A travel folder signifies Death. Coal holes represent the Underworld. Soda crackers are the Host. Three bottles of beer are—it’s obvious.

Gustav Jönsson 15 Feb 2019 · 6 min read

The Death of a Dreamer

When a public figure makes a mistake there seems to be a much stronger, more intense and quicker backlash.

Will Storr 30 Jan 2019 · 16 min read

How My Toxic Stoicism Helped Me Cope with Brain Cancer

One of my sisters commented that I was so calm she thought the doctors must have given me a Valium.

Jonathan Church 23 Jan 2019 · 12 min read