A Duchenne smile is the one that reaches your eyes, making the corners wrinkle up with crow’s feet. It’s the smile most of us recognize as the most authentic expression of happiness.
A Pan Am smile is a fake, polite smile, named after the now-defunct Pan American World Airways flight attendants who were trained to smile at every passenger regardless of the circumstances. This smile only involves the voluntary contraction of the muscles around the mouth (the zygomatic major muscle) and does not engage the eyes, which distinguishes it from a genuine, heartfelt Duchenne smile.
A Pan Am smile is a fake, polite smile, named after the now-defunct Pan American World Airways flight attendants who were trained to smile at every passenger regardless of the circumstances. This smile only involves the voluntary contraction of the muscles around the mouth (the zygomatic major muscle) and does not engage the eyes, which distinguishes it from a genuine, heartfelt Duchenne smile.
Exercise induced gastrointestinal injury is believed to be associated with reduced blood flow to the intestines during long distance running.
https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.2025.43.16_suppl.3619
https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.2025.43.16_suppl.3619
Mentally imagining muscle contractions increased strength by 35% without physical exercise.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0028393203003257
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0028393203003257
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes"
I believe that life is cyclical, that most problems have already surfaced or have been solved at some point, which makes Ray Dalio's Principles so effective.
In so, civilizations are also pretty much cyclical. Ray Dalio's 'Changing World Order' reflects that and now chancing upon Oswald Spengler's culture theory, it makes sense too.
"Democracy is the weapon of 'money'"
What can individuals do?
I believe that life is cyclical, that most problems have already surfaced or have been solved at some point, which makes Ray Dalio's Principles so effective.
In so, civilizations are also pretty much cyclical. Ray Dalio's 'Changing World Order' reflects that and now chancing upon Oswald Spengler's culture theory, it makes sense too.
"Democracy is the weapon of 'money'"
What can individuals do?
humblespace
the return of piracy https://youtube.com/shorts/LBv43C8SeyY?si=mdNLoyBnxsFOpccF
Gen Zs are returning to single purpose devices like mp3 players and ipods, choosing to pirate their songs instead of paying for music
funny how we always end up yearning for older trends
it’s always a return to basics
funny how we always end up yearning for older trends
it’s always a return to basics