Living With CIPA
CIPA stands for Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis. As the name implies, CIPA disease is the inability to feel physical pain. It is a rare congenital and genetic disease that affects the nervous system. It is an extremely rare disorder which may also cause a person to produce very little sweat, or none at all, and makes them incapable of feeling temperature. These symptoms appear early in childhood, typically at birth or during infancy.
Cognitive Anthropology: A Primer, Part II
Cognitive anthropology is the study of the mind in its cultural and cross-cultural context. Once again, we can turn to Edwin Hutchins (1995) and his groundbreaking book in the literature for a greater definition: “Human cognition in its natural habitat, that is – to naturally occurring, culturally constituted human activity.” It is a somewhat overlooked subfield of cognitive science more broadly, and yet it proposes a great many questions that can benefit our understanding of thought, the brain, and culture intermingle to create our experience of reality. Over the years, there have been a number of influential publications that seek to define, situate, and advance this reading of cognition.
Gone Cashless?
Leaving your wallet in the car was once a big frustration, but now all you need is one plastic card to make it through the day. As businesses across the country get rid of their bulky registers and trade it in for a sleek and minimal monitor, having a wallet full of cash won’t get you as far as it used to.
The Need for Teaching Financial Literacy
The educational system has failed millions of people for years by not implementing a personal finance class that will adequately improve the financial literacy of our future. Teaching kids from a young age, even as early as elementary school, what money is, its value, how to save, invest, and spend will provide future generations with a better future. As we age, our financial decisions become increasingly frequent and complex, so it is important to stress the necessity of developing one’s financial literacy skills before they enter the real world.
Native Americans: Facing Adversity, Past and Present
Native American tribes have faced hardship, neglect, and attacks on their way of life since Christopher Columbus arrived in the lands of the Guanahani people (in the modern-day Bahamas) in 1492 on behalf of the Spanish Empire. However, the last few years have proved to be brutal in their own way.