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PauseBuy: A Mindful Consumption Tool That Hits Pause on Impulse Shopping
PauseBuy is an Android mindful consumption tool that forces a pause when users open shopping apps, using personalized prompts, financial goal comparisons, and reflection questions to combat impulse buying.
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Is the Self an Illusion? Neuroscience Reveals the True Nature of Identity
Emory neuroscientist Gregory Burns argues the self is a story the brain weaves. From the Ship of Theseus to memory confabulation, explore how identity is shaped by narrative and how we can rewrite it.
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American Woman Rows Solo Across the Pa…
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American Woman Rows Solo Across the Pacific: A 3,800-Kilometer Feat of Solitude
An American woman rowed solo about 3,800 km across the Pacific from California to Hawaii, making history. A deep look at the tech, psychology, and human-machine collaboration behind this extreme feat.
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AI Characters Crashing Real-World Parties? The Boundaries of Virtual Socializing Are Vanishing
A tweet about an AI character "attending" a July 4th party reveals how virtual and real-world social boundaries are dissolving. A deep dive into AI socialization, anthropomorphism, and attention scarcity.
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Industry Insights·3 min
Personalized Health Tech: The Promises and Pitfalls of Wearables and the Quantified Self
A deep analysis of personalized health tech: from smartwatches and genetic testing to CGMs, revealing the data anxiety, lack of scientific validation, and commercial conflicts behind consumer health products.
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