This portion of an interview with Steven Jacobson explains how we are being manipulated and controlled. This is carried out particularly by television. Our thoughts may not be our own; rather they are programmed into us from birth. Self-awareness is the first step to self control.
- Where Clues Lie Sleeping
(Psychology Today) A complex relationship: Sleeplessness can cause, or relieve, depression. Sleep disturbances and depression are anything but strange bedfellows. Nearly all depressed individuals experience sleep problems. At least 80% complain of insomnia—difficulty falling or staying asleep. Indeed, early-morning awakening is a hallmark of the mood disorder. Another 15% of the depressed are hypersomniac and sleep excessively. - What he really means...
Do you understand “guy-talk?” Can you comprehend all the subtle — and not-so-subtle — nuances of his secret language? If you’re a woman, chances are the answer is: sort of, kind of, er, not really. “Men don’t always say what they mean,” says Scott Haltzman, M.D., a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University and author of The Secrets of Happily Married Men. “And sometimes we say what we mean but women understand it completely differently.” All in all, that means that cracking the code can be difficult — but not impossible.
Science, controversy, politics of climate change
While scientists mostly agree that warming of the climate system is happening and political leaders have long-term commitments to try to reduce it, a debate still rages as to what to do in the near and medium term. Global warming is "unequivocal" based on increases in average air and ocean temperatures, melting of snow and ice, and rising sea levels, according to the leading international group of scientists studying climate change.