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Radical Wholeness

The Embodied Present and the Ordinary Grace of Being

by Philip Shepherd ...

Narrated by Philip Shepherd ...

Unabridged

11 hours 45 min

There are qualities we all yearn to experience in our lives—peace, simplicity, grace, connection, clarity. Yet these qualities evade us because each of them arises from an experience of wholeness, and we live in a culture that enforces divisions within each of us. In Radical Wholeness, Philip Shepherd shows the countless ways in which we are persuaded to separate from the body and live in the head ... Read more

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There are qualities we all yearn to experience in our lives—peace, simplicity, grace, connection, clarity. Yet these qualities evade us because each of them arises from an experience of wholeness, and we live in a culture that enforces divisions within each of us. In Radical Wholeness, Philip Shepherd shows the countless ways in which we are persuaded to separate from the body and live in the head
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Mentality and Freedom Essays

by William Armstrong Fairburn ...

Unabridged

5 hours 39 min

Mentality and Freedom Essays is a deeply thoughtful and inspiring exploration of human potential, intellectual growth, and the transformative power of independent thinking. William Armstrong Fairburn reflects on truths that are timeless yet urgently needed today: the mind must be developed, strengthened, and freed if individuals are to achieve true success—both personal and societal.Across these ... Read more

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Mentality and Freedom Essays is a deeply thoughtful and inspiring exploration of human potential, intellectual growth, and the transformative power of independent thinking. William Armstrong Fairburn reflects on truths that are timeless yet urgently needed today: the mind must be developed, strengthened, and freed if individuals are to achieve true success—both personal and societal.Across these
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Simplicity Comes Into Being When There is Freedom From the Desire to Achieve

Ojai 1949 - Public Talk 13

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 13 - Ojai 1949 - Public Talk
Unabridged

1 hour 12 min

Simplicity comes into being when there is freedom from the desire to achieve• One who is sincere can never be simple because he who is trying to be sincere always has the desire to pattern or approximate himself to an idea.• Self-knowledge can be discovered more fully, deeply, widely, only when there is passive awareness, which is not the exertion of will.• In the search for self-knowledge we get ... Read more

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Simplicity comes into being when there is freedom from the desire to achieve• One who is sincere can never be simple because he who is trying to be sincere always has the desire to pattern or approximate himself to an idea.• Self-knowledge can be discovered more fully, deeply, widely, only when there is passive awareness, which is not the exertion of will.• In the search for self-knowledge we get
... Read more
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La resistència íntima

Assaig d'una filosofia de la proximitat

by Josep Maria Esquirol ...

Narrated by Roger Isasi-Isasmendi ...

Unabridged

5 hours 31 min

"La resistència íntima" és una reflexió atenta i profunda sobre la condició humana. L'autor ens mostra com la vertadera cura d'un mateix ofereix escalfor als que són a la vora, protegint-los i fent-los de guia en el camí. "Hem de considerar "resistència íntima" com el nom d'una "experiència", pròpia de la comarca de la "proximitat"; comarca que no és visita d'un dia, sinó estança habitual. Avui, ... Read more

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"La resistència íntima" és una reflexió atenta i profunda sobre la condició humana. L'autor ens mostra com la vertadera cura d'un mateix ofereix escalfor als que són a la vora, protegint-los i fent-los de guia en el camí. "Hem de considerar "resistència íntima" com el nom d'una "experiència", pròpia de la comarca de la "proximitat"; comarca que no és visita d'un dia, sinó estança habitual. Avui,
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Neurosultan Volume 5

My Ethnicity is Empathy

by Abhijit Naskar ...

Narrated by Abhijit Naskar ...

Unabridged

39 min

An offering of Poet Scientist Abhijit Naskar's diversity recordings.The volume contains selected sonnets and verses from:No Foreigner Only Family, 2020Şehit Sevda Society: Even in Death I Shall Live, 2021Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live, 2021Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion, 2023Sapionova: 200 Limericks for Students, 2023<p... ... Read more

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An offering of Poet Scientist Abhijit Naskar's diversity recordings.The volume contains selected sonnets and verses from:No Foreigner Only Family, 2020Şehit Sevda Society: Even in Death I Shall Live, 2021Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live, 2021Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion, 2023Sapionova: 200 Limericks for Students, 2023<p...
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On Human Nature

by Roger Scruton ...

Narrated by Mike Cooper ...

Unabridged

3 hours 31 min

In this short book, Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists, and philosophical materialists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, Scruton argues that human beings cannot be understood simply as biological objects. We are not only human animals; we are also persons, in essential ... Read more

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In this short book, Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists, and philosophical materialists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, Scruton argues that human beings cannot be understood simply as biological objects. We are not only human animals; we are also persons, in essential
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The Black Practice of Disbelief

An Introduction to the Principles, History, and Communities of Black Nonbelievers

by Anthony Pinn ...

Narrated by Darian Dauchan ...

Unabridged

3 hours 19 min

A short introduction to Black Humanism: its history, its present, and the rich cultural sensibilities that infuse itIn the United States, to be a Black American is to be a Black Christian. And there’s something to this assumption in that the vast majority of African Americans are Christian. However, in recent years a growing number of African Americans have said they claim no particular religious ... Read more

$37.00 CAD

A short introduction to Black Humanism: its history, its present, and the rich cultural sensibilities that infuse itIn the United States, to be a Black American is to be a Black Christian. And there’s something to this assumption in that the vast majority of African Americans are Christian. However, in recent years a growing number of African Americans have said they claim no particular religious
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How is One to Be Entirely Free of Fear?

Malibu 1970 - Small Group Discussion 8

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 8 - Malibu 1970 - Small Group Discussion
Unabridged

1 hour 21 min

What do we mean by fear? Fear of what? There are various types of fear and we need not analyse every type. But we can see that fear comes into being when our comprehension of relationship is not complete. Relationship is not only between people but between ourselves and nature, between ourselves and property, between ourselves and ideas; as long as that relationship is not fully understood, there ... Read more

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What do we mean by fear? Fear of what? There are various types of fear and we need not analyse every type. But we can see that fear comes into being when our comprehension of relationship is not complete. Relationship is not only between people but between ourselves and nature, between ourselves and property, between ourselves and ideas; as long as that relationship is not fully understood, there
... Read more
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Meditation Means a Life That is Totally Different Every Minute of the Day

Santa Monica 1971 - Public Talk 4

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Santa Monica 1971 - Public Talk
Unabridged

1 hour 35 min

Meditation means a life that is totally different every minute of the day - 14 March 1971• A mind that inquires into this whole question of meditation must havetremendous discipline.• When you observe‘what is’without the interference of the past, there iscomplete change of ‘what is’.• Is there a way of seeing the whole content of consciousness without analysis?• When you give complete attention ... Read more

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Meditation means a life that is totally different every minute of the day - 14 March 1971• A mind that inquires into this whole question of meditation must havetremendous discipline.• When you observe‘what is’without the interference of the past, there iscomplete change of ‘what is’.• Is there a way of seeing the whole content of consciousness without analysis?• When you give complete attention
... Read more
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Complete Freedom From Thought

Brockwood Park 1972 Public Talk 1

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Brockwood Park 1972 Public Talk
Unabridged

8 hours 13 min

Complete freedom from thought - 9 September 1972• Learning is instant perception and action. What place has thought in learning?• To learn about freedom must thought be completely silent? Does insight intofreedom take time?• Can thinking, however rational, bring about a psychological revolution in us?• Is thought always conditioned? Is freedom the non-existence of thought?• My very being is ... Read more

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Complete freedom from thought - 9 September 1972• Learning is instant perception and action. What place has thought in learning?• To learn about freedom must thought be completely silent? Does insight intofreedom take time?• Can thinking, however rational, bring about a psychological revolution in us?• Is thought always conditioned? Is freedom the non-existence of thought?• My very being is
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The Undivided Past

Humanity beyond Our Differences

by David Cannadine ...

Narrated by Gildart Jackson ...

Unabridged

12 hours 21 min

From one of our most acclaimed historians comes an account of human solidarity throughout the ages, provocatively arguing against the received wisdom that history is best understood as a chronicle of groups in conflict.Investigating the six most pervasive categories of human difference—religion, nation, class, gender, race, and civilization—Cannadine asks how determinative each of them has really ... Read more

$27.95 CAD

From one of our most acclaimed historians comes an account of human solidarity throughout the ages, provocatively arguing against the received wisdom that history is best understood as a chronicle of groups in conflict.Investigating the six most pervasive categories of human difference—religion, nation, class, gender, race, and civilization—Cannadine asks how determinative each of them has really
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El arte de ser humanos

Cuatro estudios

by Rob Riemen ...

Narrated by Erick Trujillo ...

Unabridged

7 hours 5 min

El arte de ser humanos radica en la nobleza de espíritu.Ser humano es un arte. No es una ciencia. Si fuera una ciencia, tendríamos definiciones aceptadas, teorías confirmadas, respuestas unívocas, protocolos y manuales para la vida. Pero no los tenemos. Ser humano es un arte. Un arte que cada individuo -con todos los deseos, incertidumbres, dudas, miedos y derrotas que son inherentes a nuestra ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

El arte de ser humanos radica en la nobleza de espíritu.Ser humano es un arte. No es una ciencia. Si fuera una ciencia, tendríamos definiciones aceptadas, teorías confirmadas, respuestas unívocas, protocolos y manuales para la vida. Pero no los tenemos. Ser humano es un arte. Un arte que cada individuo -con todos los deseos, incertidumbres, dudas, miedos y derrotas que son inherentes a nuestra
... Read more
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Krishnamurti's Notebook

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Anthony Wren ...

Unabridged

10 hours 55 min

When Krishnamurti's Notebook first became available in 1976, it was soon realized that it was a spiritually unique document giving his perceptions and experiences and describing his states of consciousness. It is a kind of diary but one that is little concerned with the day to day process of living, though very much aware of the natural world.Jiddu Krishnamurti was born on 11 May 1895 in ... Read more

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When Krishnamurti's Notebook first became available in 1976, it was soon realized that it was a spiritually unique document giving his perceptions and experiences and describing his states of consciousness. It is a kind of diary but one that is little concerned with the day to day process of living, though very much aware of the natural world.Jiddu Krishnamurti was born on 11 May 1895 in
... Read more
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Cosmic Order

Brockwood Park 1980 - Dialogue 10

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 10 - Brockwood Park 1980 - Dialogue
Unabridged

1 hour 10 min

Cosmic order - 7 June 1980• Is there an order which is not man-made?• Can the brain ever be free from the impositions, pressures, wounds, bruises, allthe trivialities of existence?• Time is my whole existence. I take refuge in the past, which cannot bechanged. Why does the brain accept this way of living, and why doesn’t it break it down?• As long as I have my roots in the past there cannot be ... Read more

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Cosmic order - 7 June 1980• Is there an order which is not man-made?• Can the brain ever be free from the impositions, pressures, wounds, bruises, allthe trivialities of existence?• Time is my whole existence. I take refuge in the past, which cannot bechanged. Why does the brain accept this way of living, and why doesn’t it break it down?• As long as I have my roots in the past there cannot be
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فلسفة فويرباخ: بين المادية والإنسانية

by نادية أحمد النصراوي ...

Narrated by صوفيا حجازين ...

Abridged

5 hours 42 min

في الوقت الذي بدأ فيه «فويرباخ» أبحاثه في الدين، كان الفلسفة المثالية قد بلغت القمة في عهد التنوير الألماني، خاصةً فلسفة هيجل. وجد فويرباخ نفسه أمام كنيسة معادية للعقل والتقدم، ومتحالفة مع السلطة القمعية الحاكمة. وكان هو يطمح إلى فلسفة تلائم المستقبل، فلسفة بعيدة عن الإدعاءات المثالية، وتتخذ من الإنسان نقطة للانطلاق، تكون قريبة منه ومن تجاربه الملموسة. لذلك أُطلق على فلسفة فويرباخ الناقدة للفكر ... Read more

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في الوقت الذي بدأ فيه «فويرباخ» أبحاثه في الدين، كان الفلسفة المثالية قد بلغت القمة في عهد التنوير الألماني، خاصةً فلسفة هيجل. وجد فويرباخ نفسه أمام كنيسة معادية للعقل والتقدم، ومتحالفة مع السلطة القمعية الحاكمة. وكان هو يطمح إلى فلسفة تلائم المستقبل، فلسفة بعيدة عن الإدعاءات المثالية، وتتخذ من الإنسان نقطة للانطلاق، تكون قريبة منه ومن تجاربه الملموسة. لذلك أُطلق على فلسفة فويرباخ الناقدة للفكر
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Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen

in einer Reihe von Briefen

by Friedrich Schiller ...

Narrated by Hans Jochim Schmidt ...

Unabridged

5 hours 16 min

In "Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen in einer Reihe von Briefen" (1795) entwirft Friedrich Schiller eine seiner folgenreichsten Ideen: dass der Mensch nur durch die Schönheit zur wahren Freiheit gelange. Unter dem Eindruck der Französischen Revolution fragt Schiller, wie aus dem Menschen ein freies, sittliches Wesen werden kann — und findet die Antwort in der Kunst und im "Spieltrieb", ... Read more

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In "Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen in einer Reihe von Briefen" (1795) entwirft Friedrich Schiller eine seiner folgenreichsten Ideen: dass der Mensch nur durch die Schönheit zur wahren Freiheit gelange. Unter dem Eindruck der Französischen Revolution fragt Schiller, wie aus dem Menschen ein freies, sittliches Wesen werden kann — und findet die Antwort in der Kunst und im "Spieltrieb",
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Is It Possible to End the Thousand Yesterdays?

Claremont 1968 - Students Discussion 3

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Claremont 1968 - Students Discussion
Unabridged

1 hour 28 min

Is it possible to end the thousand yesterdays? - 13 November 1968• Living together amicably, creatively, in complete relationship with one another– if that is what is essential then we need not only a different kind of mind butalso a different quality of affection, love.• What is the function of a religious mind?• Our struggle in life is dualistic: good and bad, right and wrong, holy and unholy ... Read more

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Is it possible to end the thousand yesterdays? - 13 November 1968• Living together amicably, creatively, in complete relationship with one another– if that is what is essential then we need not only a different kind of mind butalso a different quality of affection, love.• What is the function of a religious mind?• Our struggle in life is dualistic: good and bad, right and wrong, holy and unholy
... Read more
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How is One to Be Aware?

Ojai 1949 - Public Talk 5

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Ojai 1949 - Public Talk
Unabridged

1 hour 4 min

How is one to be aware? - 30 July 1949• Does the understanding of ourselves demand a specialization? • What is it that we need capacity for?• How is one to be capable of meeting life as a whole?• How are we aware of something?• To understand relationship there must be an awareness which is not aggressively positive.• Q: All religions have insisted on some kind of self-discipline to moderate the ... Read more

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How is one to be aware? - 30 July 1949• Does the understanding of ourselves demand a specialization? • What is it that we need capacity for?• How is one to be capable of meeting life as a whole?• How are we aware of something?• To understand relationship there must be an awareness which is not aggressively positive.• Q: All religions have insisted on some kind of self-discipline to moderate the
... Read more
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Sydney 1970 - Small Group Discussions - Action and conformity

by J.Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by J.Krishnamurti ...

Unabridged

3 hours 18 min

1.Sydney 1970 - Small Group Discussion 1 - What does it mean to look at something as a whole?Confidence.Dependency.Conclusions.Conflict.Conformity.Becoming.Measurement.Awareness.2.Sydney 1970 - Small Group Discussion 2 - Comparison and conformityThe space between the ob... ... Read more

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1.Sydney 1970 - Small Group Discussion 1 - What does it mean to look at something as a whole?Confidence.Dependency.Conclusions.Conflict.Conformity.Becoming.Measurement.Awareness.2.Sydney 1970 - Small Group Discussion 2 - Comparison and conformityThe space between the ob...
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Reason and Rationality

by Jon Elster ...

Narrated by John Lescault ...

Unabridged

51 min

One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short audiobook, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging the gap between philosophers who use the idea of reason to assess human behavior from a normative point of view and social scientists who use the idea of rationality ... Read more

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One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short audiobook, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging the gap between philosophers who use the idea of reason to assess human behavior from a normative point of view and social scientists who use the idea of rationality
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Leçons d'un siècle de vie

by Edgar Morin ...

Narrated by François Berland ...

Unabridged

2 hours 50 min

À 100 ans, Edgar Morin demeure préoccupé par les tourments de notre temps. Ce penseur humaniste a été témoin et acteur des errances et espoirs, crises et dérèglements de son siècle. Il nous transmet dans ce livre les enseignements tirés de son expérience centenaire de la complexité humaine. Avec une grande intensité François Berland prête sa voix à Edgar Morin, grande figure du monde intellectuel ... Read more

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À 100 ans, Edgar Morin demeure préoccupé par les tourments de notre temps. Ce penseur humaniste a été témoin et acteur des errances et espoirs, crises et dérèglements de son siècle. Il nous transmet dans ce livre les enseignements tirés de son expérience centenaire de la complexité humaine. Avec une grande intensité François Berland prête sa voix à Edgar Morin, grande figure du monde intellectuel
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Pouvoir Du Sacrifice

by Gabriel Agbo ...

Unabridged

4 hours 6 min

Les sacrifices sont puissants. Très puissants! L’homme le plus riche, l`homme le plus fort, l`homme et la femme les plus bénis, le plus sage, les plus grands rois, les prophètes les plus puissants étaient tous des hommes et femmes de sacrifice. Ils ont tout donné, tout risqué pour leur peuple, l`humanité et Dieu afin d`atteindre leurs objectifs et réaliser des exploits dont même l`éternité serait ... Read more

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Les sacrifices sont puissants. Très puissants! L’homme le plus riche, l`homme le plus fort, l`homme et la femme les plus bénis, le plus sage, les plus grands rois, les prophètes les plus puissants étaient tous des hommes et femmes de sacrifice. Ils ont tout donné, tout risqué pour leur peuple, l`humanité et Dieu afin d`atteindre leurs objectifs et réaliser des exploits dont même l`éternité serait
... Read more
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Outrageous Fortune

Gloomy Reflections on Luck and Life

by William Ian Miller ...

Narrated by David Colacci ...

Unabridged

6 hours 53 min

In this book, William Ian Miller offers his reflections on the perverse consequences, indeed often the opposite of intended effects, of so-called "good things".Noted for his remarkable erudition, wit, and playful pessimism, Miller here ranges over topics from personal disasters to literary and national ones. Drawing on a truly immense store of knowledge encompassing literature, philosophy, ... Read more

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In this book, William Ian Miller offers his reflections on the perverse consequences, indeed often the opposite of intended effects, of so-called "good things".Noted for his remarkable erudition, wit, and playful pessimism, Miller here ranges over topics from personal disasters to literary and national ones. Drawing on a truly immense store of knowledge encompassing literature, philosophy,
... Read more
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In onze tijd

Leven in het Calamiteitperk

by Tim Fransen ...

Narrated by Tim Fransen, Mark Omvlee ...

Unabridged

9 hours 43 min

De afgelopen eeuwen leek de geschiedenis zich te voltrekken van behoorlijk belabberd naar alsmaar beter. De technologische vooruitgang, de menselijke grip op de natuur en de wereldwijde verbondenheid hebben geleid tot een hoogtepunt in termen van welvaart, comfort en levensverwachting. Maar deze ontwikkelingen bleken een schaduwzijde te hebben. Technologische vooruitgang heeft steeds ... Read more

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De afgelopen eeuwen leek de geschiedenis zich te voltrekken van behoorlijk belabberd naar alsmaar beter. De technologische vooruitgang, de menselijke grip op de natuur en de wereldwijde verbondenheid hebben geleid tot een hoogtepunt in termen van welvaart, comfort en levensverwachting. Maar deze ontwikkelingen bleken een schaduwzijde te hebben. Technologische vooruitgang heeft steeds
... Read more

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