Snippets
Kubrick’s ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, Epstein and the politics of repression
Kubrick
6/17/26
Kubrick’s ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, Epstein and the politics of repression
Kubrick
6/17/26
Glamour as a Symptom: Kitsch, Class and the Spectacle
Glamour as a Symptom
6/16/26
Glamour as a Symptom: Kitsch, Class and the Spectacle
Glamour as a Symptom
6/16/26
Fußball-WM 2026
Fußball
6/15/26
Fußball-WM 2026
Fußball
6/15/26
Psychedelics by decree: Trump speeds up FDA approval
Psychedelics by decree
6/12/26
Psychedelics by decree: Trump speeds up FDA approval
Psychedelics by decree
6/12/26
Nonnamaxxing: The trend on TikTok and Instagram for a healthy Italian-style lifestyle – Grandma as an escape fantasy
Nonnamaxxing
6/11/26
Nonnamaxxing: The trend on TikTok and Instagram for a healthy Italian-style lifestyle – Grandma as an escape fantasy
Nonnamaxxing
6/11/26
AI deskilling and cognitive debt: AI use undermines thinking ability after 10 minutes
AI deskilling and cognitive debt
6/10/26
AI deskilling and cognitive debt: AI use undermines thinking ability after 10 minutes
AI deskilling and cognitive debt
6/10/26
Gen Z and dating apps: Dating recession and solo-maxxing instead of expensive dates
Gen Z and dating apps
6/9/26
Gen Z and dating apps: Dating recession and solo-maxxing instead of expensive dates
Gen Z and dating apps
6/9/26
ADHD: Brain scans reveal three different types
ADHD
6/8/26
ADHD: Brain scans reveal three different types
ADHD
6/8/26
Hikikomori in Germany too: Ways out of social isolation
Hikikomori in Germany too
5/28/26
Hikikomori in Germany too: Ways out of social isolation
Hikikomori in Germany too
5/28/26
Bone Smashing: A dangerous self-optimisation trend on Instagram
Bone Smashing
5/27/26
Bone Smashing: A dangerous self-optimisation trend on Instagram
Bone Smashing
5/27/26
AI Sycophancy: Why AI chatbots pander to users
AI Sycophancy
5/22/26
AI Sycophancy: Why AI chatbots pander to users
AI Sycophancy
5/22/26
AI: Mass hysteria over genetic AI or social progress?
AI
5/21/26
AI: Mass hysteria over genetic AI or social progress?
AI
5/21/26
Giftedness, Autism, ADHD: Avoiding Misdiagnosis
Giftedness, Autism, ADHD
5/20/26
Giftedness, Autism, ADHD: Avoiding Misdiagnosis
Giftedness, Autism, ADHD
5/20/26
AI-associated psychosis: When chatbots exacerbate delusions to the point of AI psychosis
AI-associated psychosis
5/15/26
AI-associated psychosis: When chatbots exacerbate delusions to the point of AI psychosis
AI-associated psychosis
5/15/26
Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD): Research on the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-16), ICMDR and the State of Research in 2026
Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD)
5/14/26
Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD): Research on the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-16), ICMDR and the State of Research in 2026
Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD)
5/14/26
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum: Machines, Computers, Artificial Intelligence and Their Effect on Us
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum
5/11/26
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum: Machines, Computers, Artificial Intelligence and Their Effect on Us
The ELIZA Chatbot and Joseph Weizenbaum
5/11/26
Scrotox: Botox for the testicles, the beauty trend for the intimate area
Scrotox
4/30/26
Scrotox: Botox for the testicles, the beauty trend for the intimate area
Scrotox
4/30/26
AuDHD books now available: Volumes 1 & 2 now on Amazon
AuDHD books now available
4/29/26
AuDHD books now available: Volumes 1 & 2 now on Amazon
AuDHD books now available
4/29/26
AI: Myths, Awareness and Misconceptions
AI
4/28/26
AI: Myths, Awareness and Misconceptions
AI
4/28/26
Alcohol as a cultural asset: Alcohol consumption and its social role in Western societies
Alcohol as a cultural asset
4/27/26
Alcohol as a cultural asset: Alcohol consumption and its social role in Western societies
Alcohol as a cultural asset
4/27/26
Dream Home: Social Lotteries, Gambling and Gambling Addiction
Dream Home
4/23/26
Dream Home: Social Lotteries, Gambling and Gambling Addiction
Dream Home
4/23/26
Tolyamory: The dating trend where infidelity in a relationship is tacitly tolerated
Tolyamory
4/15/26
Tolyamory: The dating trend where infidelity in a relationship is tacitly tolerated
Tolyamory
4/15/26
The Machine and Its Staff: Why Every Episode of SOKO Makes You a Little Dumber
The Machine and Its Staff
4/17/26
The Machine and Its Staff: Why Every Episode of SOKO Makes You a Little Dumber
The Machine and Its Staff
4/17/26
The Lung-Brain Axis: How the effects of nicotine from smoking, including e-cigarettes, damage the brain
The Lung-Brain Axis
4/14/26
The Lung-Brain Axis: How the effects of nicotine from smoking, including e-cigarettes, damage the brain
The Lung-Brain Axis
4/14/26
Name your Brain – Naming feelings: Understanding, regulating and expressing emotions
Name your Brain – Naming feelings
4/16/26
Name your Brain – Naming feelings: Understanding, regulating and expressing emotions
Name your Brain – Naming feelings
4/16/26
The Aesthetics of Commodities According to Wolfgang Fritz Haug – What MrBeast Has to Do with It
The Aesthetics of Commodities
4/10/26
The Aesthetics of Commodities According to Wolfgang Fritz Haug – What MrBeast Has to Do with It
The Aesthetics of Commodities
4/10/26
Atopic dermatitis and stress: a reflection of the soul and the immune system
Atopic dermatitis and stress
3/31/26
Atopic dermatitis and stress: a reflection of the soul and the immune system
Atopic dermatitis and stress
3/31/26
Joe Dispenza, Meditation, the Quantum Field and the Placebo Effect
Dispenza, Meditation, the Quantum Field & the Placebo Effect
3/26/26
Joe Dispenza, Meditation, the Quantum Field and the Placebo Effect
Dispenza, Meditation, the Quantum Field & the Placebo Effect
3/26/26
Dan Ariely: Falsified data, lies and half-truths from a superstar of psychology
Dan Ariely
3/25/26
Dan Ariely: Falsified data, lies and half-truths from a superstar of psychology
Dan Ariely
3/25/26
The Case of Alice in Wonderland: Lewis Carroll, Laudanum and Victorian Social Criticism
The Case of Alice in Wonderland
3/27/26
The Case of Alice in Wonderland: Lewis Carroll, Laudanum and Victorian Social Criticism
The Case of Alice in Wonderland
3/27/26
The trend on TikTok: adults sucking on dummies to cope with stress
The trend on TikTok
3/20/26
The trend on TikTok: adults sucking on dummies to cope with stress
The trend on TikTok
3/20/26
Corporate Bullshit and the Meritocracy: When Companies Put on a Show Rather Than Communicate
Corporate Bullshit and the Meritocracy
3/17/26
Corporate Bullshit and the Meritocracy: When Companies Put on a Show Rather Than Communicate
Corporate Bullshit and the Meritocracy
3/17/26
Sexual fantasies: What do your sexual daydreams mean? Are erotic fantasies normal?
Sexual fantasies
3/11/26
Sexual fantasies: What do your sexual daydreams mean? Are erotic fantasies normal?
Sexual fantasies
3/11/26
Social media filters: comparisons, beauty ideals and how they affect us
Social media filters: comparisons, beauty ideals and how they affect us
3/10/26
Social media filters: comparisons, beauty ideals and how they affect us
Social media filters: comparisons, beauty ideals and how they affect us
3/10/26
Prince Andrew in the Epstein scandal: The psychology of details in the Epstein files
Prince Andrew in the Epstein scandal
3/6/26
Prince Andrew in the Epstein scandal: The psychology of details in the Epstein files
Prince Andrew in the Epstein scandal
3/6/26
AI: Disappointment after relief from artificial intelligence?
AI
3/4/26
AI: Disappointment after relief from artificial intelligence?
AI
3/4/26
Hypervigilant cognition and social media self-diagnoses: TikTok, pop psychology and mental health?
Hypervigilant cognition and social media self-diagnoses
2/17/26
Hypervigilant cognition and social media self-diagnoses: TikTok, pop psychology and mental health?
Hypervigilant cognition and social media self-diagnoses
2/17/26
Alpha waves: Our self-experience
Alpha waves
2/20/26
Alpha waves: Our self-experience
Alpha waves
2/20/26
Mindfulness, Buddhism, Capitalism: Purser's Critique of Spirituality
Mindfulness, Buddhism, Capitalism
2/13/26
Mindfulness, Buddhism, Capitalism: Purser's Critique of Spirituality
Mindfulness, Buddhism, Capitalism
2/13/26
Otrovert: The new personality type between introversion and extroversion? Or just a sham?
Otrovert
2/12/26
Otrovert: The new personality type between introversion and extroversion? Or just a sham?
Otrovert
2/12/26
Let-Them theory: two words that will change your life... Wait a minute
Let-Them theory
2/10/26
Let-Them theory: two words that will change your life... Wait a minute
Let-Them theory
2/10/26
Sleepmaxxing: Hype about better sleep – what is really behind it?
Sleepmaxxing
1/27/26
Sleepmaxxing: Hype about better sleep – what is really behind it?
Sleepmaxxing
1/27/26
Dopamine is not just a happiness hormone
Dopamine
1/29/26
Dopamine is not just a happiness hormone
Dopamine
1/29/26
Phubbing: When smartphones threaten relationships, relationship killers?
Phubbing
1/20/26
Phubbing: When smartphones threaten relationships, relationship killers?
Phubbing
1/20/26
Wellness trends for 2026: longevity and mindfulness shape regeneration
Wellness trends for 2026
1/12/26
Wellness trends for 2026: longevity and mindfulness shape regeneration
Wellness trends for 2026
1/12/26
The origins and history of Christmas
Christmas
12/22/25
The origins and history of Christmas
Christmas
12/22/25
Instead of Toxic Self-Awareness – Stop Brooding and Get Rid of Toxic Shame and Self-Doubt
Instead of Toxic Self-Awareness
12/16/25
Instead of Toxic Self-Awareness – Stop Brooding and Get Rid of Toxic Shame and Self-Doubt
Instead of Toxic Self-Awareness
12/16/25
Episodic memory: function, development and impairment
Episodic memory
12/17/25
Episodic memory: function, development and impairment
Episodic memory
12/17/25
ADHD and autism: Diagnosis within the spectrum of neurodiversity
ADHD and autism
12/19/25
ADHD and autism: Diagnosis within the spectrum of neurodiversity
ADHD and autism
12/19/25
Overcoming separation: visualisation and other aids
Overcoming separation
12/10/25
Overcoming separation: visualisation and other aids
Overcoming separation
12/10/25
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