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When “Find Your Passion” Goes Wrong
“Find your passion” is everywhere — in graduation speeches, self‑help books, career workshops, and inspirational Instagram posts. It’s presented as the key to a meaningful life: once you discover the thing you were meant to do, everything else will fall into place.
By Tracy Stine16 days ago in Humans
Why Social Media No Longer Feels Fun Anymore. AI-Generated.
There was a time when opening social media felt exciting. You’d unlock your phone, tap an app, and instantly feel connected. You laughed at memes. You caught up with friends. You discovered music, ideas, and stories that made your world feel bigger. Scrolling felt light, playful, even comforting.
By Veronica Bennett16 days ago in Humans
What Kills Long-Distance Relationships Faster Than Cheating
Long-distance relationships put most couples' emotional strength to the test in unexpected ways. While we often blame adultery for breakups, we consistently observe that many long-distance relationships end before infidelity occurs. The true damage is frequently caused by quieter difficulties that develop over time and gradually erode trust, connection, and emotional safety.
By Relationship Guide17 days ago in Humans
Let's Celebrate a Beheading
I am confused. The entire world spends billions on a holiday, that should not even be such. Not one person, can tell me why they do, or why it is celebrated to begin with. I am taking about Valentine’s day. One of the biggest money makers for commercialism in the world. So, why do we take this one day a year to express love to our dearly devoted.
By Alexandra Grant17 days ago in Humans
Essence, Embodiment, and Relational Reality
The Failure of Reduction and the Need for Synthesis There is a persistent failure in many modern attempts to explain what a human being is. Some frameworks reduce the person entirely to matter, insisting that identity, consciousness, morality, and meaning are nothing more than emergent properties of physical processes. Other frameworks move in the opposite direction, detaching spirit from reason and grounding belief in intuition alone, often at the cost of coherence or accountability. Both approaches fail because both misunderstand essence. One denies that essence exists at all. The other treats it as something vague and undefinable.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast17 days ago in Humans
When TikTok Goes Dark: What TikTok Outages Mean for Creators
One moment your screen scrolls with laughter and small confessions. The next, it freezes. Comments refuse to load. Videos vanish. For many people, TikTok is not just entertainment. It is routine, comfort, and sometimes income. When the app goes quiet, confusion spreads fast. People refresh, restart, and wonder if they did something wrong. They did not. TikTok outages happen more often than most users realize. They arrive without warning and leave behind questions. What caused this silence? How long will it last? And why does it feel so unsettling? This article looks closely at tiktok outages, how they happen, how they affect real people, and what you can realistically do when the feed goes dark for creators and everyday viewers.
By Muqadas khan17 days ago in Humans
Resistance Is Not the Enemy
Iron sharpens iron. Brakes save lives. Friction preserves form. Modern culture treats resistance as failure. Anything that slows momentum is framed as obstruction, anything that introduces friction is assumed to be opposition, and anything that interrupts progress is labeled a setback. But this instinct misunderstands how both physical systems and human growth actually work. Resistance is not inherently hostile. In many cases, it is the only thing preventing collapse.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast18 days ago in Humans
The Refiner’s Fire Is Not the Whetstone
There is a difference between being sharpened and being transformed, and confusing the two leads to frustration when growth does not feel productive. Sharpening implies refinement of existing form. Fire implies change in composition. Both processes are uncomfortable, but they operate on different levels and for different purposes. When people expect sharpening and receive fire instead, they often assume something has gone wrong, when in reality something deeper is taking place.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast18 days ago in Humans
