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Category Archives: Culture
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Internal Critics
This is a response to an article from brainpickings, about how our internal critic holds us back from realizing our full potential, and becoming our true selves. This article was first published in the spring of 2016. It resonates with … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Politics, Rants
Tagged Adam Phillips, brainpickings, meditation, monkey mind, psychology, Sigmund Freud, superego
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War and Peace in the Bhagavad Gita
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2014/12/04/war-and-peace-bhagavad-gita/ Becoming an atheist was for me a two step process: first I rejected the Christianity I was baptised and raised in, then I realized that all religions had their inconsistencies, their compromises, their tendency to lose their center by … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Link blog
Tagged atheism, bhagavad gita, Christianity, Hinduism
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Who was Machiavelli and why is Florence such a wonderful town?
Machiavelli I – S.P.Q.F. (Begins Machiavelli Series)
Satellite Data Access
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-japan-make-aster-earth-data-available-at-no-cost
Mid-Atlantic accent
http://good-mag.co/OldTimeyTalk
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: the comic book
I never used to like this poem. Now I do.
Reframing Columbus Day
In cross-cultural moments like these, de Vaca and las Casas show us an American perspective and identity far more inspiring than that of Columbus. Such alternative figures and voices could bring together cultures in much the same way a reframed … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Columbus, Columbus Day, de Vaca, las Casas, talkingpointsmemo.com
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IQ ‘a myth,’ study says – thestar.com
IQ ‘a myth,’ study says – thestar.com. People can still take the tests at cambridgebrainsciences.com/theIQchallenge. Owen said he hopes that 1 million people across the globe will eventually participate. This has been my opinion for a long time.