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.
You've heard the story. You've even seen photos that prove it. It's pounded into the head of every American schoolchild over the age of five. The US transcontinental railroad was completed when a golden spike was driven at Promontory Summit, Utah, linking East and West on May 10, 1869. Golden Spike. It's a lie.