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Category: Psychology
Vaccinations
Vaccinations are one of the great public health achievements of modern times. Yet because we no longer know what the pre-vaccine world was like, distrust of vaccines has increased.
Health Care: Job Losses
Any change towards a Medicare-for-All type of system will lead to large job losses in the health insurance industry. But this is an issue we need to face with all job losses caused by changing conditions.
Empathy
While not everyone can truly feel the pain or joy of others, responding empathetically is a skill that can be learned.
Staving off Dementia
Dementia is a scary thing and people do brain exercises in an attempt to prevent or delay it. But it’s been shown that our brains benefit more from being with other people than doing things alone.
Health Care: Compassion
Part of the problem we have with healthcare in the U.S. is that people working for large companies or government typically have very good health insurance, thank you very much. They are not interested in any changes that might negatively affect them.
Health Care: Taxes
Many Americans fear their taxes would go up if the U.S. adopted Universal Healthcare. But we are already in effect taxed heavily since the money companies pay towards employee healthcare could instead be income for the employees.
Losing Weight
Everyone wants to lose weight. Here are a few suggestions, none of which do I follow.
Paying Attention
Need I say more?
Being Wrong
Most of us are wrong much of the time. Especially men. 
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