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Go outdoors with a friend. Find a tree. Stand for a moment and gaze at it. Take a deep breath....
During a workshop on life’s big questions, we were invited to write down on a slip of paper what superpower we would like to have. The slips were put in a jar and passed around. Each person drew one out and then attempted to guess the author. Strangers tried to...
I believe that every person has their own secret to staying young; it’s their secret pact with life. We let...
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Georg Unger, former head of the Mathematical-Astronomical Section, was a mathematician with a choleric temperament. This combination made him quite...
When life becomes uncertain, the ground beneath our feet shakes, and we feel lost, we often look to earlier times in our life for inspiration and support. We leaf through diaries and seek out testimonies from our unique history. The present loses its horror when viewed from broader perspectives. The...
Our language was made for earthly things. It’s harder to speak about the realm of the ethers. They’re difficult to...
Franka Henn begins the conversation with Bart Vanmechelen by asking him about his capacity to be humorously self-deprecating. Bart says...
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