âOur greatest source of suffering isnât the default mode,â Kaufman says, âbut when we get stuck in the default mode.â. The key is what brain science people call âcognitive flexibilityâ: being able to more freely choose your mental habits, and have greater agency in your cognitive phenomena.
(Canadian Pacific Railway) A plaque commemorating the driving of the last spike. Craigellachie British Columbia - The Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was the final spike driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, British Columbia, at 09:22 on 7 Nov 1885.
In 1976 the spike rests in the vaults of the California Historical Society in San Francisco. It weighs 9Â¼ ounces, is 5-7/16 inches long and is engraved as follows. Side 1  Last Spike; Side 2  Connecting Los Angeles; Side 3  And San Francisco; Side 4  By Rail. On the head is engraved the date, Sept. 5, 1876.