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...over. “He said that if I were at a different school or if I had a pro career, he’d clear me. But given my circumstances, the risk was too great,” said Groszyk. Most would have taken the specialist at his word. Groszyk refused to allow for the injury to define what he could and could not do. Abandoning his game was out of the question. “The biggest reason why I am here is to play basketball.” Groszyk said. “When that was taken...
...There’s only one word for these things. Awkward. And if you weren’t cringing or muttering it to yourself as you read, you’ve been somewhere else for the past half-decade...
...staying power indicates—even with the turtle on its last, feebly gesticulating legs—awkwardness is more than a passing phase. Awkward isn’t a mere word like “rad” or “phat” or “e-zines,” embraced by media outlets and hopelessly dated in six months. It isn’t even being misused. Awkward is a state of being. And it has come to define our generation. From the Clinton scandal—or, as we remember it, that time...
...there’s anything wrong with them, it’s just that people’s real, heart-felt, deeply held beliefs are, well, “not easy to handle or deal with, requiring great skill, ingenuity, or care”—in a word, awkward. (Merriam Webster) . And on the whole, our generation would rather disengage than risk stepping on an awkward landmine. This is why we don’t have relationships or read books anymore...
...known for some time that social relationships are the best predictor of human happiness, and this paper shows that the effect is much more powerful than anyone realized,” Gilbert said. “It is truly amazing to discover that when you replace the word ‘child’ with ‘best friend’s neighbor’s uncle,’ the sentence is still true.” But some scholars remain skeptical about whether the new findings are accurate. Another recent study in the BMJ cautions that Christakis...