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I write this with urgency. We are living through a slow-motion cognitive collapse – a collapse of our shared sense-making in the face of AI-generated confusion and media dysfunction. Every day ...

Tension: Millennials define themselves in contrast to older generations yet often mirror the very Boomer habits they critique.… ...

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After three decades teaching English and working as a school guidance counsellor, Bernadette Donovan now channels classroom wisdom into essays on purposeful ageing and lifelong learning. She holds ...

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This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Sometimes, we’re our own worst critics. We may not ...