Andrew garfield said something on the late show about losing his mother that stopped every grief psychologist who heard it.
He described grief more accurately than most clinical definitions ever have.
What he understood intuitively will change how you understand every loss.. 🧵
Kindergartens in China are increasingly incorporating hands-on cooking, cleaning, and crafting into their curricula to foster independence, responsibility, and confidence in young children.
Kids as young as 3–4 years old use specialized mini stoves to prepare food, wash dishes, and perform tasks like sewing and farming.
The dura is the brain's armor: a membrane so tough that a surgeon normally cuts through it with a scalpel. For the first time in our clinical trials, we inserted the electrode threads of our implant straight through the dura and into the cortex, keeping the dura intact.
Here's how we did it 🧵
My father is on his last breath in the hospital:
When my mother asked him whether he regretted anything?
I thought he would say:
Not spending time with family
Earning less money
Not owning a single house
But what he said silenced my mom and me for an hour:
I was talking to my best friend the other day, and I realized the reason I never run out of things to talk about with her is that I have the freedom and comfort to verbalize the constant stream of thoughts in my head without fear of judgment.
One deep conversation with someone who listens without judgement is everything.