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The Fall of the Chosen Ones | John Michael Greer
Sept 4, 2019 (EcoSophia) -- I’ve long since stopped trying to second-guess where to look for insights into the crisis of our time and the first stirrings of the future ahead. I read a lot of news ...
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The Dream of a Managed Society | John Michael Greer
Plato. Luni marble, copy of the portrait made by Silanion ca. 370 BC for the Academia in Athens. From the sacred area in Largo Argentina.August 21, 2019 (EcoSophia.net) -- My essay here two weeks ...
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Facebook algorithm changes suppressed journalism and meddled with democracy | Jennifer Grygiel
July 24, 2019 (The Conversation) -- As the 2020 election approaches, there is much public concern that what was dubbed “Russian meddling” in the 2016 presidential election could happen again. But ...
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The Next Twilight of Environmentalism | John Michael Greer
Aug. 7, 2019 (EcoSophia.net) -- Well, it’s about to happen all over again. I’ve been wondering how soon a certain marriage of convenience in contemporary cultural politics would come messily apart, ...
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The Twilight of the Monofuture | John Michael Greer
July 31, 2019 (EcoSophia.net) -- I’m pleased to say that my post here two weeks ago, on the way that belief in progress depends on a certain kind of historical amnesia, got a lively and mostly ...
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The geoengineering of consent: How conspiracists dominate YouTube climate science content | Frontiers
Credit: CC0 Public DomainJuly 25, 2019 (TechXplore) -- Using YouTube to learn about climate-change-related topics will expose you to video content that mostly opposes worldwide scientific consensus. ...
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Dishonest acts hurt one's ability to read others' emotions | Jill Young Miller
PinocchioJuly 25, 2019 (MedicalXpress) -- A consultant inflates his hours so he'll be paid more. Will his dishonesty later affect whether he'll be able to tell when his client is pleased or upset? ...
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Yoga can improve the lives of prisoners | Anthony Hopkins, Lisa Oxman and Lorana Bartels
The participants in the eight-week yoga trial program in Canberra’s Alexander Maconochie Centre prison. Author provided July 18, (The Conversation) -- In 2017, a small group of male prisoners ...
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How people engage with science can promote unbelief or beliefs about God | Arizona State University
Credit: CC0 Public Domain July 18, 2019 (MedicalXpress) -- Most Americans believe science and religion are incompatible, but a recent study suggests that scientific engagement can actually promote ...
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Polling data suggest gender stereotypes have significantly changed since 1940s | American Psychological Association
July 18, 2019 (Phys.org) -- Women have come a long way in the United States over the last 70 years, to the point where they are now seen as being as competent as men, if not more so, according to ...
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Progress and Amnesia | John Michael Greer
Giant laser walrus. Source: worldwidewalrusweb.comJuly 17, 2019 (EcoSophia.net) -- I’d meant to launch straight into a discussion of peak oil this week, and talk about how the ongoing attempt to ...
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