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Western intellectual culture in a nutshell: White Male Thinkers
"Over 600 pages, Not a single non-white or non-European political thinkers in over 2000 years! Also, not a single woman thinker (neither in the 1st edition of 2003 nor the 2nd edition of 2009). And ready for this, in 2017 edition the editors decided to add ONE woman (of 33 thinkers). and guess what? the one they added is another WHITE, EUROPEAN WOMAN (Hannah Arendt)." - Ahmed Abozaid
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Extremely online pu'er tea - One man’s journey to track down, package, and sell the world’s most coveted tea. - by Krish Raghav
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Don't let your life & dreams, your awareness & intention, be moved even a bit by the omnipresent projections of immanent doom & gloom made by the army of 'experts'. Forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing - and forgive yourself, for there are no others. Simply deeply relax & be still to realize that that this lifetime is short & precious. Watch your thoughts, words, actions & habits - as they become your reality. If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life.
#Mindful #Qi #Philosophy #Culture #Media #Politics #Economics #Ideas
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Tiger Emperor Temple (虎帝庙), on Hutou Mountain Park, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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Nekyia - a "rite by which ghosts were called up and questioned about the future," i.e., necromancy.
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Multiple Intelligences: eight different potential pathways to learning. “It’s not how smart you are that matters, what really counts is how you are smart.” ~ Howard Gardner
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Consumerism is globally the dominate form of religion and spiritually in the early 21st century.
Modern consumerism comes packaged in many forms, often disguised as "scientific technological progress". It promises its devoted disciples instant salvation through the constant accumulation of more more more more more more more more more more more more more more. In the words of George Carlin: "We buy shit we don't need, with money we don't have, to impress people we don't like."
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Save time? For who? Against all time thieves!
Image from "Momo" (1973), the tale for young adults, by Michael Ende
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Diagram showing how Jesuit missionaries imported & diffused Mahayana Indian philosophy in Europe from 1551-1750. Virtually all major 17th-19th century western thinkers were exposed to high Indian philosophy. Similar map for diffusion of Indian calculus should be made.
What 'novel ideas' did these Indian texts(in Chinese & Japanese) contain?
- -Realism vs Idealism debate
- -"Transcendental Idealism"=Vijñānavāda
- -Advanced treatises of logic
- -Separation of Ethics & religion
- -Utilitarianism
- -Rejection of 'soul' & afterlife
- etc
Source of Diagram: "Cult of Emptiness" - by Urs App
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Most knowledge is about driving action through practice - which can't be effectively prescribed from above, only cultivated from beneath. Most efforts by leading global private/public "knowledge ecosystem" institutions ("Science Inc.", etc.) are political / commercial power-plays - disguised, corrupted and confused.
Illustrations by Jeroen Meijer, via Niti Bhan - #KM #Praxis #Culture #Science #Cryptocracy
