If you’re looking for a reliable and extensive resource for learning, I highly recommend JSTOR. It’s an online library filled with academic articles, books, and primary sources across a wide range of topics like history, science, literature, and more. The content is curated and trustworthy, making it a perfect place to explore in-depth research or even just to satisfy your curiosity about niche subjects. I use it all the time, and it’s my favorite platform for learning!
You should look into some niche philosophy and sociology topics—they’re super interesting! Like the philosophy of humor, which dives into why we laugh and how comedy connects us, or time perception across cultures, exploring how different societies experience time. Another cool one is the ethics of memory, looking at how communities decide what to remember or forget. Even stuff like moral luck (how much of morality is out of our control) or urban sociology (how city design impacts social behavior) is fascinating!
Jan 14, 2025
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I got really into the renaissance a couple of years ago and this was the catalyst book. But find any topic or person that you‘re even vaguely interested in and find an overview or biography. It’s so rewarding to go deeper than wiki, and you never know what kind of rabbit hole you’ll find yourself in.
May 23, 2024
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It's for my dnd campaign lol but now I can't stop learning about ancient civilizations and how those cultures would've evolved without colonial interferences (More specifically Mayan Futurism)
Seriously though getting sucked into random subjects and choosing to jump into the rabbit hole is a special experience
Jun 8, 2024
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so fun to read academic articles and see just how petty the authors are - i feel like academic writing gets a bad rep for being boring (which it often is) but it can also be so fun to see academics tearing each other to pieces in a sophisticated way - this came up bc i have to write a paper on the differences between sociology and history (or if i don't think there are any) and sociologist straight up said that historians don't know anything about history
Oct 16, 2024
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Something cool I learnt recently is the theory of social thermoregulation. It’s a concept that suggests warmth, whether physical or social, can influence our feelings of connection and emotional well-being. The theory, in essence, proposes that our brains are wired to perceive warmth as a form of social comfort. When we feel physically warm—like when we’re holding a hot cup of tea—our brains associate that sensation with social closeness and feelings of security, even if we’re by ourselves.
Next time you’re feeling a bit lonely or disconnected, consider reaching for a cup of tea—not just for the taste or the comfort it offers, but for the warmth that could scientifically be helping your brain feel less isolated.
Jan 14, 2025
I think I’m obsessed with the way people talk after sex. The rawness of it, the unraveling. Not sex itself—no, sex is almost always… not what you think it’ll be. It’s not what movies promised or what your own mind built it up to be. It’s hands and limbs and sometimes good, sometimes okay, sometimes you’re just waiting for it to end. But, the moments after.
It’s messy, but not in the way sex is messy. It’s messy in the way people are messy, when their guard drops and the words spill out in no particular order. The room smells like skin and warmth and whatever happened before, and somehow, this feels more intimate than the act itself.
They’ll say something random, like how their mom used to burn toast every morning, or they’ll ask you about a scar you forgot you even had. They’ll let a sentence fall out that feels so tender, so unguarded, and you just know they didn’t mean to share it—but now it’s yours. And maybe you say something back, maybe you don’t. Maybe you’re just lying there wondering how you ended up in this moment with this person you thought you knew but didn’t, not really.
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