MAX PAYNE

Why are our brains built in such a way that a broken heart can feel as painful as a broken leg?

When someone says, “He broke my heart,” we understand this as a metaphor. No one mistakes this for a medical emergency.

Physical and social pain seems as if they are worlds apart. Every tim...

1. People push their moral boundaries due to incentives and rewards.
2. No one wants to be kicked out of a tribe or community so they play along.
3. People do not think through the consequences.
4. Little things and tiny, overlooked details snowball into something big.

We readily head towards ideals set by others and fail to realise that, in doing so, we may be getting further away from our own truths. When was the last time you stopped to consider this? When was the last time you stopped to think about what you genuinely wanted from life as opposed to continui...