Category: media

TIME Magazine; Gen Z Is Drinking Less Alcohol

There were several “New Year – New You” interesting Time Magazine articles that i wanted to mention. This one is especially interesting given the latest announcement of the US Surgeon General about alcohol being more dangerous for people’s health than it was previously believed. I can tell from my experience that nowadays, it is definitely more socially acceptable not to drink alcohol, and pretty much any establishment has a minimal selection of mocktails.

The full text below.

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Russian Lies #3

The third documentary of the series is about Soviet and Russian movies. I am leaving only minimal comments here because Russian cinematography is almost unknown in the US, to the best of my knowledge. Even my most frequent movie-going friends had seen very little if any, of the Soviet movies and even less of the Russian ones. And the fact that movies are the most efficient propaganda tool is well-known, so I have nothing essential to add.

TIME Magazine: Emotions And Productivity

An absolutely brilliant article! I agree with every word of it. I know first-hand how difficult it is to concentrate on what you are doing when your emotions dominate. That’s why I would always tell Boris that if we argue during my morning and won’t resolve the issue before his evening, my whole workday is gone. I am incapable of doing any work whatsoever.

There is one thing, however, which I would add: yes, we all should practice controlling our emotions, but also, we all should be mindful of how our behavior at the workplace affects others. Just remember that one rude comment can make a person completely unproductive for an extended period of time.

The full article text is copied below.

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Hidden Brain: Cynicism and Scepticism

You 2.0: Fighting Despair

This Hidden Brain episode is called “Fighting Despair,” but I became really focused when it came to the second part: the cynicism and the skepticism as an alternative. Before I heard this episode, I never thought about a formal definition of these concepts. Here is how the psychologist Jamil Zaki defines them:

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TIME Magazine: How to Stop Checking Your Phone Every 10 Seconds

I do not think I need to say anything about this article. I hope the title is attractive enough:)

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TIME Magazine: Dining Solo

I always encourage people to go to plays, concerts, or restaurants by themselves if they do not have company but want to go, and I always thought that it was just a personal decision. However, according to this Time Magazine article, the restaurants do not like solo diners. It was interesting to read about why there are more solo diners these days than before, why restaurants often do not like them, and why they should 🙂

I think that in the nineteenth and early twentieth century there were more people dining out on a regular basis and solo, and it was absolutely normal back then. However, back then, these solo diners were male only, so possibly the issues which the article lists concern women more often than men.

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What I Was Saying…

From Chicago Sun-Times:

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration spent $814,000 on a giant fence as part of an effort to shut down one of the city’s largest and most visible homeless encampments ahead of the Democratic National Convention, City Hall records show.

The massive barrier was part of an “emergency” effort to permanently lock out unhoused people from the location near the United Center, where the convention was held, the records obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times show.

The Johnson administration had refused to say how much taxpayer money went toward blocking off the green strip of land between the 1100 block of South Desplaines Street and the Dan Ryan Expressway just north of Roosevelt Road, until after the nationally televised gathering was over. The Sun-Times has been asking for those records, which should be public under state law, since July, when that tent city was cleared of its residents, the tents and the items they left behind.

Just A Note…

Time Magazine about the danger of caffeine: the side effect of caffeine is that it’s harder to fall and stay asleep. Isn’t it why we drink caffeinated beverages? Isn’t it an effect, not a side effect???

The article. I still don’t understand why one should quit it!

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TIME Magazine: Busyness As A Status Symbol

I am asking the same question as this article: why has busyness become a status symbol? Or maybe not? Is it the objective thing these days? I agree with every word they say: in the past, not having to work was a status symbol. What happened with that? See the article below.

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TIME Magazine: Ultra-Processed Food

My two cents about this article:

  • As it states correctly, there is no label and no formal definition of what food should be considered “Ultra -Processed,” so it’s difficult to tell what exactly is criticized when “ultra-processed food” is criticized
  • There are calories, proteins, fats and carbs, and no matter in which form they are coming, you can measure the amount you consume
  • Then people, especially the ones with low income, are told that the only food that is good for them is organic (=expensive, which they can’t afford) it does not help anybody
  • I remember very well the time I was poor, and even when I was not so poor, I would still choose the less expensive options.

The article itself is copied below.

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