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The experiences of desire

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The experiences of desire

Humanities, Individual, philosophy

Desire is a force inherent in all matter and all being, manifested through attraction —eros, love— and repulsion —misos, hate—. In turn, the love and hate, sons of ...

Life and meaning

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Life and meaning

Humanities, Individual, philosophy

What is the meaning of life? The life have one sense? These are existential questions, form part of what is be a human. However, now, with the decline of religion and the ...

Me, myself and I in the century of the self

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Me, myself and I in the century of the self

Sciences, Society, sociology

We all know that we live within advanced societies of liberal capitalist model, in a profoundly individualistic and consumer society. It is a reality that this society, ...

We are all in the same boat

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We are all in the same boat

Sciences, Society, sociology

Zygmunt Bauman is a sociologist and philosopher of Polish origin, best known for his creation and development of the concept of ‘liquid modernity’. Thinker, essayist and ...

The cost of free: trade and privacy

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The cost of free: trade and privacy

Sciences, Society, technology

Access to most web pages is free. The service they offer is not paid with money, but many companies obtain something very valuable to commercial interests: from our personal ...

How to choose correctly

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How to choose correctly

Humanities, Individual, philosophy

Michael J Sandel is a philosopher and a professor at Harvard University in Justice and Political Philosophy. He have more than two decades teaching the subject Justice, which ...

Of lions and men

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Of lions and men

Sciences, Environment, ecology

Not long ago, I read shocked that a person died devoured by a lion in front of their family, who watched the show terrified in the same car that the person had abandoned for ...

How are you?

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How are you?

Sciences, Environment, ecology

It is quite common to find in ethnographic readings on indigenous peoples how they establish links close with their environment or territory. In issue 34 of ...

Fourteen billion years in two hours

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Fourteen billion years in two hours

Humanities, Society, history

A new way to see the history of the Universe, Planet Earth and Humanity: the emergence of life, human progress and the appearance of civilization. This documentary, ...

This is not a pipe

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This is not a pipe

Sciences, Individual, psychology

In order to analyze how we humans can adapt our views to the group to which we belong, the American psychologist Solomon Asch, a pioneer in social psychology, conducted in ...

Machines, monkeys, love and vegetation

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Machines, monkeys, love and vegetation

Sciences, Society, technology

In 2011 the filmmaker Adam Curtis created for the BBC a documentary series of three chapters which holds that computers not only have failed in getting the old dream of ...

WHAT A MEET: The future of the city

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WHAT A MEET: The future of the city

Arts, Environment, WHAT A MEET, architecture

In 1990, only one in ten people inhabit urban space. In 1950, they were nearly three out ten, and in the beginning of the current century, people living in cities are more ...

WHAT ABOUT: The future by George Gray Molina

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WHAT ABOUT: The future by George Gray Molina

Sciences, Society, WHAT ABOUT: The future, economy

'Freedom as we know it, without limits, will not exist in 30 or 50 years'. Chief Economist in the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean at UNDP —United Nations ...

The relationship between Humanity and Eternity

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The relationship between Humanity and Eternity

Arts, Individual, CINEMA

'Samsara' is a Sanskrit word meaning world or cyclic existence, and also the title of a documentary directed by Ron Fricke and produced by Mark Magidson. The film is about one ...

WHAT ABOUT: The future by Álex Rovira

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WHAT ABOUT: The future by Álex Rovira

Sciences, Individual, WHAT ABOUT: The future, psychology

'A crisis is an opportunity for the future'. Entrepreneur, writer, economist, international lecturer and consultant. He has sold around five million copies of his various ...

WHAT ABOUT: The future by David Barba

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WHAT ABOUT: The future by David Barba

Arts, Individual, WHAT ABOUT: The future, literature

'I think the money will end up disappearing'. Journalist, writer, editor and cultural journalism professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Universitat ...

People from the antipodes don’t fall off anymore

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People from the antipodes don’t fall off anymore

Humanities, Individual, philosophy

Alan Watts was a British philosopher, writer, editor, lecturer, Anglican priest and expert on religion. He is known primarily for his work as an interpreter and popularizer of ...

The Common Welfare Economy

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The Common Welfare Economy

Sciences, Society, economy

The Common Welfare Economy is an economic system based on values that favour social welfare. These values are already covered in the large majority of national constitutions ...

WHAT ABOUT: The future by Toshiro Kanamori

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WHAT ABOUT: The future by Toshiro Kanamori

Humanities, Individual, WHAT ABOUT: The future, pedagogy

'Happiness always comes from the connection between human beings'. After practicing as a primary school teacher for 38 years at different schools, retired in March 2007 and ...

WHAT ABOUT: The future by Albert Solé

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WHAT ABOUT: The future by Albert Solé

Humanities, Society, WHAT ABOUT: The future, journalism

'If we fail to improve the collective consciousness, we will end by smackings'. He has a bachelor of Information Science and worked for years as a reporter specializing in ...

No man is an island

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No man is an island

Sciences, Society, sociology

For the French sociologist Emile Durkheim, one of the great pioneers in the study of social sciences with Karl Marx and Max Weber, humans are creatures whose desires are ...

WHAT ABOUT: The future by Josep Olives

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WHAT ABOUT: The future by Josep Olives

Humanities, Individual, WHAT ABOUT: The future, philosophy

'The future depends on our thoughts, emotions and illusions'. Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Barcelona, professor of anthropology and history of thought from the ...

Another life is possible

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Another life is possible

Sciences, Environment, ecology

Transition is a socio-environmental movement, whose main interest is the application of a responsible, supportive and sustainable lifestyle, its dissemination and development ...

An ocean of little fires

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An ocean of little fires

Arts, Individual, literature

Eduardo Galeano is a Uruguayan journalist and writer. Considered as one of the most prominent authors of Latin American literature, his most known books are 'Memory of Fire' ...

WHAT ABOUT: The future by Begoña Román

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WHAT ABOUT: The future by Begoña Román

Humanities, Individual, WHAT ABOUT: The future, philosophy

'It is necessary to recover the spirituality, but not focused on temples and churches, but in essence: the link with future generations and life'. PhD in philosophy, Begoña ...

30 years of transcendental meditation

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30 years of transcendental meditation

Humanities, Individual, pedagogy

In addition to being a prestigious American filmmaker, David Lynch has over 30 years of practicing Transcendental Meditation and in 2005 he founded the David Lynch Foundation, ...

The firmament and the starry nights

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The firmament and the starry nights

Humanities, Individual, philosophy

Émile Chartier, who defined himself as the most philosopher among journalist and the most journalist among philosophers and lived between the 19th and 20th century, ...

The most outstanding fact across the Universe

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The most outstanding fact across the Universe

Sciences, Environment, physics

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist and science writer. Today is also the director of the Hayden Planetarium in the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a ...

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