This is a fascinating synopsis of Daniel Kahneman’s book Thinking Fast and Slow (English, Japanese) The video has Japanese subtitles.
When you start to learn a foreign language, it’s a slow thought process, like doing a difficult math equation. As you acquire more through practice, it becomes a fast thought process.
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The topic of the lesson will be, “When it Rome, should you always do as the Romans do?”
Why do we lie? And how often are you lied to? Well, sorry to break it to you, but it’s probably more than you think. People lie to avoid punishment, for personal gain or because they get a kick out of it. Basically there are lots of reasons that people lie (and everybody does it).
Stanford University Professor BJ Fogg says that to change what we do, we need three things: motivation, ability, and a prompt.
“Hangry” means to be bad tempered or irritable as a result of hunger. The word is making a comeback because of research that suggests “hanger” is a diagnosable feeling.
Foreign travel has been beyond most of us for the past 18 months because of restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. However, there are signs of hope for us to resume our sojourns to exotic and faraway places. The National Geographic magazine has released its list of the top 25 travel destinations for 2022.
