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Deconstructing Attraction: Why We Crave Strength Over Service
In the realm of modern dating and evolutionary psychology, we often use the word "love" as a catch-all term for a complex web of biological impulses and social conditioning. However, if we deconstruct the mechanics of female attraction, a different pattern emerges.
By Elena Vance 3 days ago in Humans
Signal and Structure
Modern systems rarely collapse from dramatic failure. They erode when perception distorts and standards shift without acknowledgment. This series examines the quiet mechanics of stability — how clarity sharpens perception and how consistency reinforces trust. What holds structures together is rarely visible, but when it disappears, everything feels unstable.
By Flower InBloom4 days ago in Humans
Before the Cracks Show
Most systems do not fail suddenly. They fail quietly, registering first as friction rather than fracture. Some people sense that shift before it becomes visible — not through prophecy, but through pattern recognition. This series examines what happens when early perception meets cultural infrastructure that refuses to adjust. It asks whether the problem is sensitivity — or a system that only responds to collapse.
By Flower InBloom4 days ago in Humans
RATS IN SHADOW
There are rats in our house!! A nest of rats have made their home in our house, and we don’t care. Let them hide, let them breed, in fact we are going to hide them and encourage more. They love the darkness, so we will let them, hide in shadow. After all, if we give them light, we might see the true scope of the infestation. Do we want to know? Do we need to know? And why are we protecting the rats, that spread plague?
By Alexandra Grant4 days ago in Humans
Roots and Fruit
Roots and Fruit Photo by Lukáš Kulla on Unsplash Most people evaluate life by what shows. Results, behavior, success, failure, growth, collapse. Fruit is easier to measure than roots, so it becomes the focus almost by default. When something goes wrong, attention rushes to what is visible and immediate. When something goes right, credit is assigned to the most recent action. But this way of seeing consistently misreads causality. Fruit is never the beginning of the story. It is the result of something that has been growing quietly, often unnoticed, for a long time.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast5 days ago in Humans
Choong Whan Park USC and the Credibility Behind Brand Admiration
Choong Whan Park USC is a globally respected marketing scholar and branding authority whose work has shaped how leaders think about why people bond with brands and how those bonds translate into loyalty, advocacy, and long-term equity. Across decades of research, teaching, and leadership in branding education, Choong Whan Park USC advanced a relationship-first view of branding. In this view, a brand is not simply a logo, a campaign, or a clever positioning statement. A brand is a set of experiences that earn emotional commitment over time.
By Choong Whan Park USC7 days ago in Humans
A Baby's First Smile
That feeling you get when your newborn baby, beams that gummy smile at you is pretty special. It is a feeling a parent gets that is so fleeting, that you forget it a minute right after and don’t ever think about it or truly remember it again. There will be millions of smiles in life. But the first smile is like the first spring rain and vice versa. Spring in general, gives you that feeling of the first time, for something. It’s renewal, a refreshment of the spirit, after the doldrums of winter.
By Alexandra Grant7 days ago in Humans
You Cannot Build An Extraordinary Future With Undisciplined Foundations
Let me begin with a truth that is uncomfortable, but necessary. Pleasure is instant. Consequences are patient. A moment can feel electric — intense, intoxicating — but the bill it sends can arrive years later, quietly compounding.
By Omasanjuwa Ogharandukun11 days ago in Humans
