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Tobacco is projected to kill 1 billion people in the next century.. AI-Generated.
The Staggering Projection: Why Tobacco is Poised to Kill One Billion People This Century Imagine a single habit wiping out one billion lives over the next hundred years. That's the grim forecast for tobacco use. Each year, smoking claims about eight million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. If nothing changes, those numbers stack up fast into a century-long nightmare.
By Story silver book 2 months ago in Humans
When the Muse Becomes a Cage: How Creatives Fall Into Addiction
At first, it feels like devotion — a writer chasing midnight inspiration, a painter sipping “just one more cup” to keep the vision alive. But behind that devotion, a quieter story unfolds: addiction disguised as art.
By Leigh Cala-or2 months ago in Humans
Incentivized Abandonment
Marriage was once a covenant that joined two lives in responsibility and perseverance. It required sacrifice from both, patience from both, and accountability from both. Today, marriage has been redefined by culture and rewritten by law. The covenant has been reduced to a contract, and the contract now rewards abandonment more than endurance. People no longer ask what it takes to stay. They ask what they can gain by leaving.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast2 months ago in Humans
Taught to Expect, Not to Honor
Modern society has trained women to expect everything and to honor nothing. They are raised to know what they want but not to know what they owe. They are told to list their standards but never to build the strength required to meet someone else’s. The result is a generation fluent in demands but illiterate in duty. Love cannot survive when one side learns only to expect while the other learns only to give.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast2 months ago in Humans
The One-Way Street of Modern Love
Modern relationships were supposed to be built on equality, but what we call equality has become one-sided. Men are taught to give, to serve, to protect, and to love unconditionally. Women are taught to expect those things and to measure a man’s worth by how perfectly he provides them. Men are conditioned to earn love. Women are conditioned to receive it. The result is not partnership but imbalance—a one-way street where the traffic of sacrifice flows in only one direction.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast2 months ago in Humans
The Psychology of Fandom: Understanding Why Humans Attach Themselves to Imaginary Worlds
Introduction Fandoms have existed as long as stories. From campfire legends to serialized fiction in the 19th century, humans have never failed to become immersed in pretend worlds. Today, fandoms include all forms of media: books, films, television shows, computer games, comic books, and even virtual reality worlds. They are far more than being fond of them—they shape identity, build community, and fuel imagination.
By The Chaos Cabinet2 months ago in Humans
