Daniel Moran
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Latest publication
- Aug 3, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Silicon Canals
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- Aug 3, 2026
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When researchers followed patients recovering from spinal surgery, the ones whose rooms happened to face the sun used about a fifth less pain medication than those in dim rooms — same wound, same operation, and the main difference was which way the window faced (opens the original)
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A hospital window facing the wrong direction can cost patients hundreds of dollars in extra painkillers—and days of needless suffering.
People who are genuinely kind but have nobody to call in an emergency usually didn’t choose solitude — they often built a life of being counted on, never noticing that being counted on and being cared for had quietly become two different things (opens the original)
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The kindest people often build lives where they're indispensable to everyone but dispensable to no one.
Anthony Bourdain was 44 when he became famous — before that, he was a disgruntled chef who’d spent nearly thirty years in other people’s kitchens, broke, behind on the rent, and half-convinced his best chances were already behind him (opens the original)
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The memoir that saved his life almost didn't get written—and almost certainly wouldn't have, had desperation not finally outweighed his skepticism about confessing his failures in print.
People in one study demanded about a hundred dollars to give up Facebook for a month — and the ones who did came out the other side happier, with an extra hour a day and far less desire to go back, as if they’d been guarding the very thing that was quietly wearing them down (opens the original)
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A month away from Facebook revealed what users had been missing: not the platform, but their own time and peace of mind.
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