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“OTHER PEOPLE It’s hard to accept that other people’s lives are as full and real and now as yours. You look at someone and sort of think, against your intellectual knowing better, that they have a less complex life, they’re able to flit about, their lives aren’t clogged with the same kind of pressing deadlines, they don’t really have cousins like y
... See moreRichard Wilhelm Wagner, best known as the composer of the series of four operas that make up the Ring Cycle, had a strong appreciation of the musical taste of dogs. He provided a special stool in his study for Peps, his Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. As Wagner composed, he would play the piano or sing passages that he was working on. The composer k
... See moreStanley Coren • Do Dogs Dream?: Nearly Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know
The Atlantic • Cities Aren’t Built for Kids
In fact, our brains, bodies, and behavior show many of the same signs of domestication that are found in our domestic animals: smaller teeth, smaller body, reduced aggression, and greater playfulness, carried on even into adulthood.72 The reason is that domestication generally takes traits that disappear at the end of childhood and keeps them turne
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