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A plea for cultural meaningfulness. As different as cultures may be, one needs to respect the differences. This doesn’t mean that one needs to respect any infliction of human suffering. If some culture leads to human suffering as part of the culture itself, that needs a good reason. Meaningfulness Nature prefers meaningfulness above suffering. This Read the full article…
What is Propaganda?
Propaganda surrounds us in subtle and overt ways, from political campaigns to advertising, from social media posts to historical narratives. At its core, propaganda is communication aimed at influencing thoughts, emotions, and behaviors to serve a particular agenda. Its methods can be manipulative, engaging the non-conscious mind to bypass critical thinking and elicit emotional responses. Read the full article…
Modern Copernicus
We need a new Copernican revolution in which each person acts as a modern Copernicus within his own inner mind-universe. The historical Copernicus (1473-1543) placed the sun at the center of the physical universe instead of the Earth. Likewise, modern Copernicus places the deeper self – rather than the ego – at the center of Read the full article…