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Fear of Being Average
The fear of being average doesn’t show up as fear. It shows up as silence. You don’t feel it scream. You feel it settle.
By Randolphe Tanoguem14 days ago in Humans
Minneapolis Erupts in Protest After Fatal ICE Shooting, Sparking National Outcry and Political Backlash
Minneapolis has once again become the center of national attention following a fatal shooting involving federal immigration agents — an event that has unleashed fresh protests, deep political divisions, and urgent calls for accountability across the United States.
By Sylvester14 days ago in Humans
The Quiet Loss of Self in a Fast World
When You Realize Something Is Off At some point, many people experience a strange realization: they don’t feel like themselves anymore. It’s not dramatic. It’s not always painful. It’s subtle. You still wake up, go to work or school, talk to people, and function. But inside, there’s a quiet distance between who you are now and who you remember being. Things that used to excite you don’t hit the same. Conversations feel more shallow than they used to. You might even struggle to describe what’s wrong because nothing is obviously broken. Yet something feels misaligned.
By mike14 days ago in Humans
The Silent Confusion of Modern Life
There is a strange kind of emptiness that doesn’t look like sadness and doesn’t feel like depression in the traditional sense. It shows up quietly, often in people who appear to be doing “okay.” They have a routine. They have responsibilities. They might even have things others would call success. Yet beneath all of that, there is a persistent feeling that something is missing, something unnamed, something they can’t quite put into words. This feeling is becoming increasingly common, and it isn’t because people are weak. It’s because modern life is very good at keeping us busy but very bad at helping us feel aligned.
By mike14 days ago in Humans
The Prison Inside Your Head
Overthinking feels productive. It feels like you’re solving something. It feels like you’re being careful. It feels like you’re protecting yourself.
By mike14 days ago in Humans
What Kills Long-Distance Relationships Faster Than Cheating
Long-distance relationships put most couples' emotional strength to the test in unexpected ways. While we often blame adultery for breakups, we consistently observe that many long-distance relationships end before infidelity occurs. The true damage is frequently caused by quieter difficulties that develop over time and gradually erode trust, connection, and emotional safety.
By Relationship Guide14 days ago in Humans
Beyond the Date: How to Use Online Tools to Identify Rare Coin Varieties and Errors. AI-Generated.
For over eight years as a Senior Numismatic Analyst, I've watched a quiet revolution transform coin collecting. The classic image of a numismatist hunched over dusty catalogs is fading, replaced by the glow of a smartphone screen. Today, identifying a coin's year and mint mark is just the starting point. The real treasure hunt lies in uncovering rare die varieties and mint errors that can transform a common coin into a collector's prize. Fortunately, we have an unprecedented arsenal of online tools at our fingertips. This guide will show you how to move beyond basic identification and systematically use these digital resources to become a more knowledgeable and successful collector. The Digital First Look: AI-Powered Identification Apps.
By Laura Bennett14 days ago in Humans
Shedeur Sanders and the Weight of a Famous Last Name Story
Some athletes grow up dreaming of the spotlight. Others are born into it, whether they want it or not. Shedeur Sanders belongs to the second group. From a young age, his name carried expectations, opinions, and comparisons he never asked for. People saw the last name before they saw the person. That kind of attention can crush a young player or quietly shape them into something stronger. This story is not just about football. It is about pressure, patience, and learning how to speak for yourself when the world already thinks it knows your voice. Shedeur Sanders’ journey pulls you in because it feels human. It is about trying to be taken seriously while standing in a very loud shadow.
By Muqadas khan15 days ago in Humans
Unequal Weights and Measures
This article serves as a summary and orienting manifesto for the series “Consent, Consequence, and Moral Symmetry,” which examines responsibility, risk, and justice in modern systems.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast15 days ago in Humans
Essence, Embodiment, and Relational Reality
The Failure of Reduction and the Need for Synthesis There is a persistent failure in many modern attempts to explain what a human being is. Some frameworks reduce the person entirely to matter, insisting that identity, consciousness, morality, and meaning are nothing more than emergent properties of physical processes. Other frameworks move in the opposite direction, detaching spirit from reason and grounding belief in intuition alone, often at the cost of coherence or accountability. Both approaches fail because both misunderstand essence. One denies that essence exists at all. The other treats it as something vague and undefinable.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast15 days ago in Humans
Essence Explained
This article is a plain-language companion to “Essence, Embodiment, and Relational Reality: Toward a Coherent Account of Personhood, Consciousness, and Being.”
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast15 days ago in Humans
The Tragedy of Untapped Potential
Most people don’t fail because they aren’t capable. They fail because they never fully try. Not in a lazy way. Not in an obvious way.
By mike15 days ago in Humans