What Is Vipassana Meditation? Pure Observation

What Is Vipassana Meditation? Pure Observation

What is vipassana meditation? What is the ultimate goal that vipassana practitioners try to achieve? Vipassana is perhaps one of the most practiced forms of meditation in the mainstream yoga culture. But what is vipassana meditation exactly? In simple terms, vipassana meditation is the type of meditation where you practice observing your stream of consciousness without entertaining what comes up. In this article, you will learn what vipassana meditation is, the purpose of vipassana practice, and its ultimate objective.

What Is Real Food? Michael Pollan’s Answer

What Is Real Food? Michael Pollan’s Answer

What is real food? How can you tell which foods are real, that is, unprocessed and unadulterated by chemicals? Food is all around us, but according to Michael Pollan, the author of In Defense of Food, most of it is not real. But, what exactly is real is food? According to Pollan, there are three criteria that can help you tell which foods are real and which ones are not. The following three rules can help you determine what food is real.

Adria Richards: Fired for Calling out Sexist Jokes

How to Deal With Negative Comments on Social Media

What did Adria Richards write in her infamous tweet? And how did it lead to her losing her job with SendGrid? In March 2013, Adria Richards tweeted a photo of two developers at the PyCon tech conference, accompanying it with a comment that the two were making sexist jokes. Not only did Richards’ tweet cause massive public shaming on internet forums, but it also got her fired by her employer, the email delivery service SendGrid. Here is how Adria Richards’s scandal unfolded and what happened in its aftermath.

Technology Addiction: It’s Real and Pervasive

Technology Addiction: It’s Real and Pervasive

Do you feel you have control over your technology use? Is technology addiction a real phenomenon? Why do you think people get addicted to technology? Most people, including you, probably spend more time on devices than they intend to. But technology addiction is a byproduct of the way human attention works. Tech companies are aware of it and they use it to engineer their products to keep people’s attention for as long as possible. Keep reading to learn about psychology behind technology addiction.

Changing a Constitution: An Authoritarian’s Game

Changing a Constitution: An Authoritarian’s Game

How does changing a constitution work? Why is constitutional hardball a tactic of authoritarians? Changing a constitution is often used by authoritarians as a way to maximize their influence and gain more personal power. There are several examples in history of authoritarians using constitutional hardball to get their way. Read more about changing a constitution and what it means.