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What do Scientists do?

Who are the scientists - what do scientists do - what is science anyway? Where does technology fit in?

73 comments    technology politics science
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Can We Engineer a Bloodless Revolution?

As traditional leftists and rightists slug it out in the media, blaming each other till the cows come home, the elite, who own no party loyalty are laughing all the way to the privately owned bank.

172 comments    society justice revolution
dropout nation - an online community with a mission to be heard77

The Bloodless Revolution - Be a Part of it

How individuals and small local communities can make a positive contribution for change in a world dominated by global corporate expansionism. Start by not fighting each other!

60 comments    society bloodless revolution
michelangelo's creation72

How to make your own God - a Beginner's Guide to Creation

That God your parents gave you, the God you learned about at school and in Church, the One that's been kicking around all your life - He's looking a bit dog-eared these days, much like the bible you left Him in...

87 comments    religion god psychology
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Optimism, Fate & Politics - Dr. Pangloss, I Presume?

"All's for the best in the best of all possible worlds". This was the maxim of Dr. Pangloss in Voltaire's political satire, Candide. But is there any truth in it?

20 comments    education politics poem
time to stop smoking!78

Can anything Good come out of Recession?

Are you tired of the Pundits' Parade yet? Expert after expert outglooming each other with dire predictions of deep Global recession. But is recession really such a curse?

75 comments    finance politics environment
a man whose time has come81

Conviviality in the Modern World - Ivan Illich Revisited

Ivan D. Illich died in 2002, age 76. Austrian born, he was an academic, a philosopher, an anarchist, a sociologist, a catholic priest, an activist, a reformer, and for many, an inspiration and source of hope....

37 comments    education society sociology
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