AspectRain

Over this past year, which has been remarkably busy and provided many oppertunities to learn more about the complexities of the human body and it’s failings, I have been diagnosed with two new diseases:  Lupus, and Bipolar.  I mentioned Lupus briefly in a past article, and may go into at a later date.  For now, I’m more interested in exploring the modern definition of Bipolar, since I’ve been discovering that most of the books and reference materials available, even from the most reliable sources, are out of date.  I don’t want to talk "psycho-babble" or go into how to live with it, but am going to focus strictly on the science of this disease.

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I want to think a bit on games’ effect on modern and future education, humanities, social sciences, etc.

I’m not interested in adding another brick in the wall of video game controversy-related articles, so I’m not talking about the effect of violence in games, because I like to believe that the majority of parents aren’t complete fools and know when (and how) it’s appropriate to introduce entertainment with adult themes.

Rather, I want to look at the broader changes in a society whose youth is turning in greater numbers to technological entertainment and communication.

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