Category: Empathy
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Escape the Matrix: Break the Chains of Consumerism and Choose Change!
Read more: Escape the Matrix: Break the Chains of Consumerism and Choose Change!We can argue all day that The Matrix is just a movie. However, how is it that the message from it still feels relevant? I watched the film as a teenager, around 14 years old. Twenty-five years later, the society we live in is driven by money-hungry businesses and increasingly aggressive marketing that exploits human…
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Learning from our failures : how to be a winner
Read more: Learning from our failures : how to be a winner“When you give up, the game is over” This scene is very famous in Japan, even for those who have never actually read the manga. During a game where Hisashi Mitsui, a talented basketball player and his team are losing and he is about to give up after a turnover. Anzai-sensei appears before him and…
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Overcome your past
Read more: Overcome your pastCecil is the main character of Final Fantasy 4 and we begin the game with him as a Dark Knight, who can make use of skills and attacks using the power of Darkness. He is a loyal knight to his king, but some tragic events, involving him involuntarily ravaging a whole harmless small town, makes…
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It’s by combining our forces that we will able to reshape the future of humanity
Read more: It’s by combining our forces that we will able to reshape the future of humanityGoku is certainly one of the strongest characters ever created in a manga. He is strong, can fly and can even teleport to other universes instantaneously. But on a few difficult encounters, he still asks for help to create a powerful move called the Genkidama, that gets stronger when more people lend some of their…
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Awakening Through Music: Rage Against The Machine, The Matrix, and Our Responsibility
Read more: Awakening Through Music: Rage Against The Machine, The Matrix, and Our ResponsibilityI’ll be honest with you, I believe I may have never heard or begun to appreciate this band if it weren’t for one of my favorite movies, The Matrix by the Wachowskis. The song plays at the perfect moment, right at the end of the movie when Neo, having become the One, hangs up the…
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If we act, a better future isn’t a dream
Read more: If we act, a better future isn’t a dream“Imagine all the peopleSharing all the worldYou may say I’m a dreamerBut I’m not the only oneI hope someday you’ll join usAnd the world will live as one”— John Lennon, Imagine As long as we strive to be role models for our family, friends, and society, a better future is not just a dream. Our…
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How bad habits keep us from awareness
Read more: How bad habits keep us from awarenessNeo just had his computer hacked by Trinity and isn’t sure if it’s real or not, if he is just still in a dream or if he is back to reality. Neo is doing some underground business and one of his clients suggests he needs to unplug. How are we spending our time? When asked…
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“The free-to-play man”
Read more: “The free-to-play man”This is the nickname he was given in Japan, referring to games with in-game payments. In an interview, he explained that his stance wasn’t “nonchalant” but simply a way to maintain better balance while shooting. I found the term used by the Japanese to describe him both funny and interesting, as it highlights how different…
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Building perseverance should be an habit
Read more: Building perseverance should be an habitSaint Seiya is one of the most iconic Nekketsu (literally meaning “hot-blooded”) Shonen manga and anime from the 90s, and its main character, Seiya, embodies the archetype of this genre. He’s a young orphan with an unbreakable will who draws strength from the power of friendship, never giving up no matter the odds. Seiya repeatedly…
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We should develop ourselves
Read more: We should develop ourselvesAfter a confrontation with Hadora, who has transformed himself to defeat Dai, Dai loses the duel despite receiving the strongest sword on Earth from Ron Berku. Ron Berku, one of the world’s strongest swordsmen, bluntly points out that Dai himself needs to become stronger. True fulfillment comes from ourselves We often think, “If I were…