Posts
Hindu Kush Himalayan Region
Source: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-the-Hindu-Kush-Himalayan-region_fig1_260672786
Searchable Source: “Natural Resource Governance at Multiple Scales in the Hindu Kush Himalaya” (PDF)
Vyborg, ville russe en face de la Finlande: une nostalgie européenne à l'ombre de la guerre en Ukraine - Reportage international - RFI
https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/reportage-international/20260601-vyborg-ville-russe-en-face-de-la-finlande-une-nostalgie-europ%C3%A9enne-%C3%A0-l-ombre-de-la-guerre-en-ukraineOpen linkView original on europe.pubMy unsung hero of science: William Adams, the Bombay bureaucrat whose vision of a solar future was dashed by colonial conservatism
https://theconversation.com/my-unsung-hero-of-science-william-adams-the-bombay-bureaucrat-whose-vision-of-a-solar-future-was-dashed-by-colonial-conservatism-283799Open linkView original on europe.pub
True happiness, research shows, isn’t found in leisure alone—but in the flow of tackling demanding tasks where challenge and skill align.
Again and again, he found that people reported some of their most positive experiences not during passive rest, but when they were absorbed in something demanding enough to stretch them and structured enough to let them respond. Challenge sitting a hair above skill. Goals clear. Feedback immediate. The self, for the duration, mostly out of the way.
In his own words: “The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times… The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.” (Flow, 1990, p. 3)
https://spacedaily.com/m-we-tend-to-imagine-the-good-life-as-one-of-rest-and-leisure-but-after-years-of-study-one-psychologist-found-that-our-deepest-satisfaction-arrives-somewhere-else-entirely-in-the-middle-of-a/Open linkView original on europe.pub