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In the early 2000s, a relatively new concept emerged to describe a very specific type of desire. The word sapiosexual describes a person who is sexually attracted to intelligence. For these ...

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I used to think good listeners were just patient people who didn't interrupt. Then I had a conversation that changed how I ...

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Nothing is perfect, nothing lasts and nothing is ever finished. That's the core of wabi-sabi. And psychology suggests this Japanese philosophy may be onto something.