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  Quick Fixes - Drugs in America...

  Benjamin Y. Fong

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  Americans are in the midst of a world-historic drug binge. Opiates, amphetamines, benzodiazepines, marijuana, antidepressants, antipsychotics—across the board, consumption has shot up in the twenty-first century. At the same time, the United States is home to the largest prison system in the world, justified in part by a now zombified "war" on drugs. How did we get here? 
   
   
   
  Quick Fixes is a look at American society through the lens of its pharmacological crutches. Though particularly acute in recent decades, the contradiction between America's passionate love and intense hatred for drugs has been one of its defining characteristics for over a century. 
   
   
   
  Through nine chapters, each devoted to the modern history of a drug or class of drugs, Fong examines Americans' fraught relationship with psychoactive substances. As society changes it produces different forms of stress, isolation, and alienation. These changes, in turn, shape the sorts of drugs society chooses. 
   
   
   
  By laying out the histories, functions, and experiences of our chemical comforts, the hope is to help answer that ever perplexing question: what does it mean to be an American?

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  Better Never to Have Been - The...

  David Benatar

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  Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. Thus, if they ever do reflect on whether they should bring others into existence—rather than having children without even thinking about whether they should—they presume that they do them no harm. Better Never to Have Been challenges these assumptions. David Benatar argues that coming into existence is always a serious harm. Those who never exist cannot be deprived. However, by coming into existence one does suffer quite serious harms that could not have befallen one had one not come into existence. Drawing on the relevant psychological literature, the author shows that there are a number of well-documented features of human psychology that explain why people systematically overestimate the quality of their lives and why they are thus resistant to the suggestion that they were seriously harmed by being brought into existence. The author then argues for the "anti-natal" view—that it is always wrong to have children—and he shows that combining the anti-natal view with common pro-choice views about fetal moral status yield a "pro-death" view about abortion. Although counter-intuitive for many, that implication is defended, not least by showing that it solves many conundrums of moral theory about population.

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  Why Am I Taller? - What Happens...

  Dr. Dave Williams, PhD Elizabeth...

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  Is the human body built for Mars? NASA's studies on the International Space Station show we need to fix a few things before sending people to the Red Planet. Astronauts go into space with good vision and come back needing eyeglasses. Cognition and DNA expression could be affected for years. And then there's the discomfort of living in a tight space with crewmates, depression, and separation from the people you love. 
   
   
   
  Space doctors are on the case. You'll meet the first twin to spend a year in space, the woman who racked up three physically challenging spacewalks in between 320 days of confinement, and the cosmonaut who was temporarily stranded on space station Mir while the Soviet Union broke up underneath him. What are we learning about the human body? 
   
   
   
  As astronauts target moon missions and eventual landings on Mars, one of the major questions is how the human body will behave in "partial gravity." How does the human body change on another world, as opposed to floating freely in microgravity? What can studies on Earth and in space tell us about planetary exploration? These questions will be important to the future of space exploration and to related studies of seniors and people with reduced mobility on Earth.

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  The meditation Healthy Self-Esteem

  Max Topoff

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  Who are you? I am sure that you have heard this question many times. Try to remember who and when asked you this question. And how many times have you asked this question yourself? And how many times have you heard the answer?Today you are going to meet up with your true self. And this meeting will help you raise your self-esteem. You can accept it or not, but in fact you have been waiting for this meeting all your life. You will find yourself in a place where you will feel completely safe, completely at ease, light and calm. Listening to this meditation will help you get rid of internal restrictions, eliminate guilt and raise your self-esteem to a new level.

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  100 Mind-Blowing AI Facts - 100...

  Felix Grayson

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  Artificial intelligence isn’t just reshaping the future—it’s transforming the world right now. From mind-reading machines to robots that perform surgery, this audiobook explores the wildest, weirdest, and most groundbreaking stories from the frontlines of AI.
   
  Whether you’re a tech fan, a trivia lover, or just curious about the sci-fi-like breakthroughs happening every day, 100 Mind-Blowing AI Facts delivers a high-energy, eye-opening listening experience that will change the way you think about technology.
   
  In this audiobook, you’ll hear about:
  
   
  An AI that recreated a lost Beatles song decades after Lennon’s death
  
   
  A robot that taught itself to walk without human input
  
   
  How AI discovered a powerful new antibiotic in days
  
   
  A machine that reads your brainwaves—and turns them into full sentences
  
   
  The moment AI predicted a supernova before it exploded
  
   
  How artificial intelligence restored ancient scrolls buried by volcanic ash
  
   
  And much more...
  
  
   
  Each fact is short, punchy, and packed with wonder—perfect for quick listens, road trips, or sparking conversation with friends.
   
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  Tech lovers and futurists hungry for real-world sci-fi
  
   
  Listeners who enjoy shocking facts and game-changing discoveries
  
   
  Anyone curious about how AI is reshaping everyday life in ways we rarely notice
  
  
   
  Whether you’re new to AI or you’ve been following its rise for years, this audiobook will blow your mind and make you say, “Wait… what?!”
   
  Press play and discover 100 jaw-dropping ways AI is changing the world—right now.

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  The Heart And Heart Disease - A...

  Owen Jones

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  Six Interesting Facts about the Heart 
  1. Heart and circulatory diseases cause a quarter of all deaths in the UK, that’s more than 170,000 deaths each year – an average of 480 deaths each day or one every three minutes in the UK⁵. 
  2. There are around 7.6 million people living with a heart or circulatory disease in the UK: 4 million men and 3.6 million women⁵. 
  3. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common type of heart disease. It is the most common cause of heart attack and was the single biggest killer of both men and women worldwide in 2019⁵. 
  4. In the US, heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups¹. One person dies every 33 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease¹. 
  5. About 695,000 people in the United States died from heart disease in 2021—that’s 1 in every 5 deaths¹. 
  6. The most common type of heart disease in the USA is coronary artery disease (CAD), in which the major blood vessels to the heart become narrow or blocked with cholesterol and fatty build-up. CAD affects 18.2 million adults, and shockingly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that every two in ten deaths from CAD happen in people under 65 years old².

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