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My mom gave me the gift of life, as all mothers do. She also gave me so many of the best things in my life. I remember at some family gathering (she was…
New Book on the History of the 19th Century Luddite Rebellions
Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
Scharffington Schmooze
A gathering of former students at my house
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You Are Not Your Job
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Thinking Of Thich Nhat Hanh
Problems with Meritocracy
Will Be Reading This As Soon As I Can Get My Hands On It
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Materialism That Doesn’t Value The Material
Counterproductive Behaviorism
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Both Kinds of Knowledge
Barbara Kingsolver’s brilliant novel, Demon Copperhead, masterfully gives its readers both knowledge by description and knowledge by acquaintance
Communal Luxury
Many things are better when shared
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Awe
An important emotion, now studied scientifically; Keltner’s new book explains how, as well as the role of awe in physical and mental wellbeing and a…
Not All Economic Growth is Good
Beyond a certain point, it is mostly just monetizing what used to be not for sale
“When You’re Accustomed to Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression”
From “War on cars” to “wokeness”, efforts at making the world fairer often get turned on their head by those who benefit from the status quo
Counterproductive Behaviorism
In schools, we are too willing to sell out kids’ long term intellectual and moral growth in order to get short term compliance
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