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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Ignorance
By Massimo Pigliucci Ignorance is the root of all evil, according to Plato, who also famously gave us a still-current definition of its opposite: knowledge. For Plato, knowledge is “justified true belief”. That definition is worthy of consideration as we reflect … Continue reading
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Tagged Critical thinking, Information Age, Plato, Socrates
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A Clash of Generations
By Thomas L. Friedman ATHENS I realize that I should be in Washington watching the debt drama there, but I’ve opted instead to be in Greece to observe the off-Broadway version. There are a lot of things about this global … Continue reading
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Tagged European Union, Greece, Syntagma Square, United States
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We’re spent
By David Leonhard THERE is no shortage of explanations for the economy’s maddening inability to leave behind the Great Recession and start adding large numbers of jobs: The deficit is too big. The stimulus was flawed. China is overtaking us. … Continue reading
Posted in The world we live in Now
Tagged Consumerism, Economy of the United States, United States
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Here Today
Paul Mc Cartney Live at the Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, NY
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About success and failure
Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in … Continue reading
A matter of indifference
By Marc Brost – Heike Buchter – Mark Schieritz One can’t even see this crisis, and that’s the dangerous thing about it. Tens of thousands of Germans are on holidays in Italy, relaxing on the beach at Viareggio or strolling through the streets of … Continue reading
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Tagged European Central Bank, European Union, Italy, Moody's, Portugal, United States, Wall Street
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A talk for world peace
The Dalai Lama giving a public teaching in front of the US Capitol in Washington DC, on July 9th 2011. This is in conjunction with a 10 day Kalachakra Ritual – a major transformative teaching, that thousands of people are … Continue reading
Posted in Teacher & Teachings
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The Living Room 