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Pain Really Does Make Us Gain - The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/pain-really-make-us-gain
Or, as Bastian puts it, “Pain is a kind of shortcut to mindfulness: it makes us suddenly aware of everything in the environment. It brutally draws us into a virtual sensory awareness of the world, much like meditation.” The real bonding power of pain, then, may be in the pleasure we feel so acutely in its wake.

Werewolf

http://www.eblong.com/zarf/werewolf.html
"Werewolf is a simple game for a large group of people (seven or more.) It requires no equipment besides some bits of paper; you can play it just sitting in a circle. I'd call it a party game, except that it's a game of accusations, lying, bluffing, secon