Socrates spent his life asking hard questions out loud, in the middle of crowded streets and dinner parties. But one of the strangest stories about him has nothing to do with talking.Talking about great thinkers like Socrates, we often imagine them at their best work at a desk, or pacing a quiet room somewhere, chin…

Work-life balance is a topic that often gets people talking, and a recent Instagram video has added a humorous twist to that conversation. An Indian professional living in Japan has gone viral after using sarcasm to describe the “problems” of working there. Instead of complaining about office pressure, he joked about workplace benefits, leaving many…

Ever since we were children, hooked to watching cartoons on television, followed by heaps of scoldings from parents, we’ve heard the old warning about television rotting your brain, usually said half-jokingly by parents trying to get us off the couch.It turns out that the offhand line might be closer to the truth than anyone realised….