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Old and sad Nearly one-third of suicides in China are by old people It can be lonely when your child has moved to a city The Economist Dec 18th 2021 AS CHINA AGES, worries are mounting about the mental health of its elderly population. Globally, suicide rates among old people tend to be higher than average. In China this is especially true. People there aged 70 and above kill themselves at more ..

The fog of grief The five stages of grief can’t begin to explain it: grief affects the body, brain and sense of self, and patience is the key April Reese Aeon 10 August 2021 Photo by Peter Marlow/Magnum April Reese is an independent science and environment journalist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, Outside, bioGraphic and The Guardian, among many othe..

Netflix’s New Docuseries ‘My Love’ Will Make You Cry Like a Baby FEEL-GOOD Netflix Inspired by a Korean documentary, “My Love: Six Stories of True Love” follows six elderly couples from all over the globe as they enter into their final chapter together. Cheyenne Roundtree Entertainment Reporter Daily Beast Apr. 13, 2021 After four decades, can a romantic relationship still be alive, fulfilling, ..

Convenience Is Destroying Us By Sarah Jones The Intelligencer April, 2021 A woman works in a delivery truck at the 855,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island. Photo: JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images Why would a delivery driver pee in a bottle, or shit in a bag? Amazon drivers have already answered the question: Speed is everything, one recently told Vice, saying they’re “..

Final thoughts Do deathbed regrets give us a special insight into what really matters in life? There are good reasons to be sceptical Neil Levy AEON 8 March, 2021 Neil Levy is professor of philosophy at Macquarie University in Sydney, and a senior research fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford. He lives between Australia and the UK. How do we find out what ..

[권경률의 사랑으로 재해석한 한국사(12)] 윤심덕·김우진의 현해탄 정사(情死), 진실은? 인습에 희생된 근대 예술 선구자들 월간중앙 202103호 (2021.02.17) 월간중앙 목차보기 시련 속에 돋아난 예술적 동병상련, 단순 불륜 이상의 관계 자유 연애와 대중 예술 기폭제, 한국인 일상 근대로 이끌어 연애(戀愛)란 무엇인가? 연애는 남녀가 서로 좋아해 사귀는 것이다. 이 말이 한국에 처음 출현한 것은 1910년대였다. 1912년 조중환이 [매일신보]에 연재한 번안 소설 [쌍옥루]에 등장하더니 널리 쓰이기 시작했다. 조선시대까지 남녀의 사랑은 부모에 의해 결정됐다. 갑돌이와 갑순이가 눈이 맞아 물레방아에서 몰래 만나기도 했지만 이런 사랑은 윤리적으로 환영받지 못했다. 동네 창피하고 가문에 먹칠하는 일..

"화투 갖고 놀면 패가망신" 법정 빵 터진 조영남의 최후진술 [중앙일보] 입력 2021.02.27 00:20 수정 2021.02.27 00:33 [조영남 남기고 싶은 이야기] 예스터데이 〈1〉 미술 대작 사건 가수·방송인·화가·저술가인 조영남씨가 인생 스토리를 중앙SUNDAY에 매주 연재한다. 쎄시봉, 미술품 대작 법정 공방을 관통하는 우리 대중문화사다. 사진은 서울 자택 작업실에서의 모습. 신인섭 기자 아버지 김종해 시인과 함께 ‘문학세계사’라는 출판사를 운영하는 김요일 시인이 어느 날 나를 찾아왔다. 용건은 이번에 또 책 한 권을 내자는 것이었다. 예전에도 문학세계사를 통해 수필집 『조 아저씨 이야기』라는 책을 낸 적이 있기 때문이다. 타인이 70~80% 그린 화투 그림 사기로 기소된 후 방송 등 올..

To be alive in a disrupted world Masatake Shinohara Eurozine 1 December 2020 Natural disasters dissolve the fundamental distinction between the human and the natural worlds. At this moment, we discover that we are surrounded by silence. On art and philosophy amidst ecological crisis. According to the philosopher Timothy Morton, we are caught in a world of ‘hyperobjects’. These entities are distr..

20 Things Most People Learn Too Late In Life Nicolas Cole Medium(유대인 계열 잡지) Oct 16 2020 Life is a journey of twists and turns, peaks and valleys, mountains to climb and oceans to explore. Good times and bad times. Happy times and sad times. But always, life is a movement forward. No matter where you are on the journey, in some way, you are continuing on — and that’s what makes it so magnificent...

The living Mahabharata Immorality, sexism, politics, war: the polychromatic Indian epic pulses with relevance to the present day Audrey Truschke Aeon 6 November 2020 Audrey Truschke is associate professor of South Asian history at Rutgers University, Newark. Her books include Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit at the Mughal Court (2016), Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of India’s Most Controversial ..