I have let myself get too worked up for too long about the culture wars on Twitter and its extensions on cable TV. They are not based in reality, but rhetoric. So this year, I’m ignoring them. I think we can trace today’s ideological Wrestlemania in part to Donald Trump’s invented facts about Obama’s birth […]
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A member of an online community I co-host described a Match.com exchange in which her prospective date, upon finding she was only partially vaccinated, wished her death—the sooner the better. It was one of many similar, she said. Now it is probably a good idea to eliminate from the dating pool people who disagree with
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Mass casualty animal and human rescuer Maggie McGuane shares the exhilarating joy of being part of the life force that is our planet. In his monologue, Rushkoff explores how he’s embracing compassion of the moment. Learn more about Wings of Rescue: https://wingsofrescue.org/ Click here to stream Team Human now The post Team Human ep. 198:
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The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.– Mohandas K. Gandhi I once read an account of bullying in rural America in the early 20th century. The narrator said, “If a victim did not stand up to them, there was no limit to how far the bullies would go.” He
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I want to share with you a gorgeous rendering of my allegory A Gathering of the Tribe in the form of a 9-minute film conceived by Aubrey Marcus, with animation by Aldous Massie and original score by Jon Hopkins. I narrated the piece, though not quite on purpose—it was part of the podcast last spring with Aubrey.
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Founder of Amok Books and producer of the documentary Desolation Center Stuart Swezey helps us remember what it’s like to do something for its own sake, and stop before it becomes something else. In his monologue, Rushkoff reminds us of the work involved in producing social media content, and the real downsides of being on
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Guest post by Darth Sidious Thank you for this opportunity to set the record straight. I don’t expect everyone to believe my alternative account of the events chronicled in the Star Wars films, since it runs so contrary to everything you think you know. I can offer you no proof that my version is correct;
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Last week I spent the Thanksgiving holiday with some members of my extended family. My brother, sister, and their spouses; nieces and nephews, my father, two of my grown sons, my ex-wife and her husband—14 adults in all—gathered around the table. Despite (or perhaps because of) the passing last year of my mother, the clan
In this video Dr. Marc Gafni explores The New Universe Story, Narrative of Unique Self, Ordinary Love and Outrageous Love, What is Unique Self Symphony and The Erotic and the Holy.
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I was at a convenience store the other night, and watched some kids come in who had just escaped from a party they didn’t really like. As soon as they were inside, though, they pulled out their phones and started watching social media reports from the kids who had stayed. It wasn’t these kids’ FOMO
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