New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 92 There’s an old saying about Communists that applies to all militant ideologies: they are good at conquest and bad at management. That’s only half of the story. The fact is that because of their cult-religious nature, various strains of Communism aren’t just bad at management; they’re completely disinterested in management. […]
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The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 140 Queer Theory is the doctrine of a sex-based cult that has very little to do with gay people and lots of interest in our children. We really need to understand that. Based on remarks James Lindsay delivered at the University of Pittsburgh in February 2024, in
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In this episode of Witt and Wisdom, Corey deVos introduces a comprehensive relationships framework he is currently developing, designed to help partners navigate the staggering complexity of our relationships — whether romantic, familial, or platonic. Corey highlights the eight fundamental territories or horizons within which all relationships unfold, detailing the common factors, everyday examples, key
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By the Bhāvanā Learning Group from their February 7, 2024 newsletter citing original sources This week, we share an article, a video, and a podcast episode to offer a perspective on Attention. This special digest includes pieces of content lasting more than our usual 30-min digest time. As leaders, paying attention to our focus and
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By Sally McCutchion and originally published on medium.com The concept of self-management as a business methodology came to the fore in 2014 when Frederick Laloux published his well-known book Reinventing Organisations. His theory was that businesses need to embrace an evolutionary purpose, wholeness and self-management to reach a new level of efficacy and sustainability. Forward thinking
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This article explores why focusing on the subject matter alone in the student/teacher relationship is a restrictive and non-comprehensive approach to higher education. Such a narrowly focused relationship seems to impede the overall health and development of both the teacher and student. The process of avoiding so much of our lives “to teach” leaves many
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Steve reflects on the campus protests, observing the interplay between the protestors’ mixed motivations, which include both world-centric morality and ethnocentric morality. He discusses how the protests provide a window into the current state of the progressive postmodern worldview overall. He then concludes by observing that the liberation of the Palestinian people ultimately requires an
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and an Ode to Joy! Europe needs an agenda for bildung, and at the European Bildung Day 2024 in Rotterdam we launched the European Bildung Manifesto! We also sang for the very first time ever Lene Rachel Andersen’s English translation of Friedrich Schiller’s Ode an die Freude. We hope that this singable version will help
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New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 91 Woke Marxism is a cult. It’s not like a cult. It’s not kind of a cult. It’s a cult. Because it’s a cult, and like the word “Woke” implies, becoming Woke means experiencing a rebirth into the social, emotional, and intellectual worldview of the cult’s doctrine. In fact, fathers of
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Josh Leonard and Robb Smith discuss the founding and evolution of the Institute of Applied Metatheory (IAM). They explore the urgent need for an organization that networks and supports scholar-practitioners in applying integrative metatheory to complex 21st-century challenges. The conversation reflects on the integral movement’s stages and challenges, societal shifts necessitating IAM’s emergence, and the
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