Monthly Archive: January 2015

Believe it or not, this is the best time to be alive

Though fixated on threats, humans have never been better off, writes Scott Gilmore Scott Gilmore, December 31, 2014. Published in www.macleans.ca Tim Graham/Getty Images By almost every objective measure, 2014 was the safest, healthiest, happiest...

The world is not falling apart: The trend lines reveal an increasingly peaceful period in history.

Never mind the headlines. We’ve never lived in such peaceful times. By Steven Pinker and Andrew Mack. Published in www.state.com.   An explosion rocks the Syrian city of Kobane during a reported suicide car bombing by the...

Interview With David Lynch: His Mission to Change the World Through Meditation

Interview by Marianne Schnall, published in Huffington Post I can remember being absolutely hooked and engrossed into the surreal world of the cutting-edge television series Twin Peaks back in the ’90s. That was when series...