Word: selfishnesses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...something different in the air at Christiania these days - the usual spicy aroma of marijuana smoke now occasionally mixes with the smell of tear gas and burning tires. That's because, more than three decades after Europe's oldest and largest commune was established as an antidote to "selfish society," Danish authorities are moving to close it down. More than 90 people were arrested a few weeks ago after groups of youths fought running battles with police, throwing bottles and cobblestones and burning homemade barricades. The riot, a rare occurrence in this normally placid Scandinavian country, was prompted by police...
...Punishing office and school schedules make a home-cooked meal a fantasy for most Japanese families during the week. The pre-cooked convenience store food that usually substitutes at home is a nutritionally inferior substitute, and those dinners on the run promote what Iwamura calls "selfish eating," with each family member consuming alone, rather than together at the dining table. With mothers increasingly working outside the home - and with family size shrinking, as young people hold off on marriage - there's even less reason to eat a healthy Japanese meal at home. "People aren't interested in eating well," says...
...think one of the things we were lacking this season was more assists. It wasn’t that our offense was being selfish, but we were oriented toward a more one-versus-one game,” Barlow said. “Caroline obviously scores, but she has looked to pass as well...
...that good is a characteristic that brings us closer to the divine. Anthropology argues that good is a cultural construction. Philosophy views it as an innate force of the universe. Perhaps economics has a better suggestion with its idea that being good to others is nothing more than a selfish ploy to trick them into giving us more utility. Or maybe it’s biology, and good is just an evolved mechanism to help us preserve our genes into eternity...
Americans historically have not been narrow, selfish or preoccupied with the present at the expense of the future. We have been open, generous, expansive, forward looking, creative, egalitarian and optimistic. And that's who we still are today. All we need is a new story about what is possible--and the political courage to honor our best selves...