Word: brained
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...things that shape who we are, few seem more arbitrary than the sequence in which we and our siblings pop out of the womb. Maybe it's your genes that make you a gifted athlete, your training that makes you an accomplished actress, an accident of brain chemistry that makes you a drunk instead of a President. But in family after family, case study after case study, the simple roll of the birth-date dice has an odd and arbitrary power...
...recent book, called “The Political Brain,” by Emory University psychology professor Drew Westen argues that the average voter makes his decisions based mostly on emotion and gut feeling, and not on reasoned stances on the issues. Many have commented on the role of anger in the 2006 midterm elections in sweeping the republicans out of office. I believe 2008 will be the year of frustration...
Your Money & Your Brain...
...like a bad investment to make even the smartest person feel dumb. According to Zweig, a senior writer at Money magazine, it isn't entirely your fault. The appetite for money is a hardwired instinct that bullies our rational thoughts. Humans crave money so intensely, he writes, that the brain scans of a cocaine addict and someone about to receive cash look an awful lot alike. The good news: with self-awareness and a basic understanding of the brain's mechanics, we can dupe the greatest financial foe of all--ourselves. --By Carolyn Sayre...
...photojournalist, we remember another who is no longer with us. Alexandra Boulat, who passed away in Paris on Oct. 5, was frequently on assignment for Time. As fearless as she was talented, she covered wars in the former Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Palestinian territories, where she suffered a brain aneurysm last June. She had a gift for capturing the condition of societies, especially women, caught in bloody conflicts. I particularly recommend her multimedia piece on Palestinian rappers and her powerful first-person account of a riveting photo-essay from Gaza--both are available at time.com/boulat