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It's still New Year's resolution month, and I had so many... if only it were not so demanding to keep them all front of mind. Some days, my brain's container for new information is like a filing cabinet in disarray; irrelevant distractions can pull me away from focused attention, and therefore writing. All is not lost, though, in the bean. Here's a terrific article , "This is Your Brain On Oldsterhood" by Peter Moore, published on The Oldster, right when I needed it. Given a bit of luck, Moore finds that we can still marshal the brain's astonishing powers, more important than ever to face a world order roiled once again. Especially for North Americans, peace is all we've known unless we visited other countries where we saw what happens when corrupt authoritarian governments rule and human rights are denied. After a week flooded with images, op eds, polls and—thanks to Mark Carney at Davos— a brilliant wake-up call, I am left wondering, What about th...
