Having all partners isolate together is maybe another option for small polecules who all get along well.
We started an effective altruist coronavirus discussion group on Facebook and there are a lot of posts in it. The link is here if you're interested.
Thanks for writing this! It's good to see more sceptical approach. Do you have any more recommendations for reading on the subject?
I've had RSI for five years now. I read Sarno, tried the Curable app, and tried on the hypothesis that my pain was psychosomatic. For my case, the benefit I've got from a more psychosomatic approach is to try to form fewer negative associations with the pain. I used to view the pain as an indication that my body was broken and that I was ruined. Now I still have the pain, but I have much less of that secondary psychological reaction to the pain, and that's greatly improved... (read more)
If anyone's interested, here are my sources for this post. The practice of using negative visualization and contrasting to feel more gratitude is based on the stoic practice of that name. You can find it described in many stoic works, including the A Guide to the Good Life by William Irvine. This post is also based on Sam Harris's thoughts on the subject, in this video for example. I also took some inspiration and ideas from this Econ talk episode discussing A.J. Jacobs' book on gratitude
Thanks for the feedback! I guess I thought it was short and cohesive enough for those not be necessary.
You didn't even mention what might be the weirdest thing about octopuses, which is that despite their colour changing abilities, current evidence suggests they can't see in colour (Other Minds 2016).
Gratitude has become an increasingly important part of my life. It has also been one of my greatest sources of improvement of well-being and one of the biggest factors in lifting me out of depression. How does this work? The short answer is that I keep a gratitude journal. The rest of this post is the long answer.
I think there are some theoretical reasons why we should expect gratitude to be helpful or extremely helpful. Try to imagine a time when you were deprived of something that you now have. For example, try to imagine a time when you misplaced your wallet, phone, or passport only to later realize where it was.... (read 1268 more words →)
I think you just need to use the search function and they should be available as long as they are US incorporated nonprofits. I donated to Animal Ethics Inc.