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Few Thoughts About Thinking
Thinking originated in the dark days, when we were ignorant of the issues we faced, and our reactions and antidotes were ill-fitting. The same activity continues, making, our current corrective steps, not only not apt, but also dangerous.
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An Easy and Permanent Solution to All Our Issues
Our history is replete with wonders like the age of empires, renaissance, or the conquest of skies, though, unlike the rest of the living world, there is no human specific lifestyle. How better, it wouldn’t have been, was there one!
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The Spiritual and the Material, What Could Lie Ahead?
The Spiritual and the material are not moving at the same speed, and it is hurting the society. What should we do about it?
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Re-value Cultural Values
How to bring lasting peace to a society? We only need to devalue a bit, cultural values. How? Begin by demoting freewill from its lofty pedestal.
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My Answer to All Our Issues
In fact, all our issues are those that are told to us. But, all my hubs say this loudly. Things are far different from whatever we are told. Now, how to approach it, and do something about it?
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Our Future, 0 or 1 ?
Computer is there, everywhere, in some form. What effect, it will have on the future of human race? What are the possibilities?
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The Most Crucial Vicious Circle
Human, though had a good journey from a brute to an epitome of culture, is not able to maintain the lead. What is holding them back?
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A Happy Thought for the Future
How can we make our future, naturally bright? Stop accounting for the self-destructive twist in our character by the maxim that ours is a violent society. An answer will be there, soon.
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Cryolifestyle, Need of the Hour
Why is our lifestyle constantly demanding changes to itself? Think of a lifestyle that makes redundant, any deviation from the normal.
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Copernicus is the Culprit
Humans, unlike other forms of life, spend a lion’s share of their time, energy, and resources, mainly for housekeeping activities, leaving nothing much for futuristic needs. This can’t be a part of their nature, and further search points to the huge upheaval caused by the fall of geocentric universe
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The Case Against a Violent Human Society
It is well acknowledged. Ours is a violent society. If we fail to find the root cause and act, the culprit may reappear sometime, even if we took ideal measures.
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A Violent Human Society, A Thing of the Past
Ours is a violent society. And it continues to be so, despite the best efforts. We need to try fresh style of classification and control of issues.
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A True Unity in Diversity
Disharmony is not good, we all know. We fight it, earnestly. But, language spreads it far and wide, making our medicines ineffective. Why not use, language itself as a cure?
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The Future of Our Lifestyle
Humans follow a non-optimum lifestyle. Things happen in such a way as to appear new to them, and they end up with a strong notion that they are progressing. We need to adopt a new lifestyle, before it is too late.
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A Tax to Make Peace with Tax
Presently we are thinking of welfare and taxing people's past deeds, and living with the resulting disparity. If we are to focus on our future needs and tax the present, disparities won’t result, and welfare shall prevail for all.
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Computer for Successful Society
We are witnessing the ubiquitous presence of computer in everything related to our life. What can we learn from a computer?
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My Recipe for A Bright Future for Humans
Human life has two distinct elements, and each needs to be dealt with differently. One is the same for all, however different we live, and the other is different for each, however same is our life.
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Language is Driving out Logic
Language is to be celebrated as a distinctive element of the human. So say all of us. But, a careful glance show, there is an urgent need to ensure its rational use.
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Our Ancestors are From Heaven
Why is our society always on the boil? Won't there be a place in the universe, where it will not be so?
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Is Human Life Complex?– If so, Why, and How to Simplify
Is there scope for an object oriented way of life. What all it entails? What can it do?
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God - A Review
What is god? How did such an idea become a part of human life? What does it actually do? What is its future?
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The Future of the Rational
Humans takes pride in being rational. How did they become one? Will that continue? An examination leads to results that truly reflect the reality, especially of current times.
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Should There Be Worry?
There will be worry, as long as we take worry as something worrisome. Once we start considering as a useful input, worry will also wane like a happy feeling or sentiment, since as time goes by, or when circumstances change, its utility will diminish.
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Why Should There Be Unrest?
Do we have to live with unrest? An answer will be apparent if we reexamine the fundamental tenets of human social living
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What Use, the Past?
What lesson can we learn from our past, apply to the present, and make the prospects bright? I think there is a simple answer. Locate the contradictions and remove them.
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What Is Not Right With Us
Human society always is full of contradictions, and no one member of this species is like any other one. We call it the best of life, but it need not be so. And we have accepted that it is OK for things to go wrong, as far as humans go, though nothing goes wrong, when it comes to other forms of life
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Is There an Ultimate Aim for Life?
Ultimate aim is an expression, one will encounter often. Though many a description, one shall come across, one unfailingly accepts the one that suits one the most. This is an attempt to unravel the hidden forces that make it happen.
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Altruistic Evolution – Need of the Hour?
I have written many hubs, almost all of it pointing to some inadequacy, human societies display. For correcting this, we need to re-invent human nature, as discussed in my hub ‘Another Theory of Evolution’. The manner and the extent of the derived priorities could be as enumerated here.
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Another Theory of Evolution
Human lifestyle is constantly evolving, and, all the disquiet that is seen in our societies is a direct result of this. What is necessary is to have a theory of evolution in this regard, which can guide the populace in arriving at the correct priorities of life.
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A Short-Cut to Peace
Why humans do not live in peace. Why do they find enemies among their own, unlike all the others forms of life. What do we need to do? Isn’t this a strong indication that there is something wrong with our lifestyle, or our priorities? What can we do, right now?
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What is Human Nature?
Human nature is celebrated extensively. However, a hard look reveals that all the failures of human race is due to it. What do we need to do?
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Hazy Origins of the Need for Approval
Human life can be seen as a struggle for approval. Even where we disapprove, it is to gain someone's approval. Why? What is its origin? What is the gain?
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How to Make Human Society Peaceful
If all that is wrong with us is the wrong choice of our responses, how can it be corrected? Let every form of response flourish. The one most suitable will naturally survive.
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A New Approach to Mental Health
We have a wide variety of measures for treatment and cure of our body. We are not that well equipped to treat our minds. What should we do?
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Corruption – A Benign Evil?
I think we need to have a more inclusive view of corruption, our fight against this should not be doing more harm than good.
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My Mantra for Success
What one quality, if added to whatever natural talents one has, shall definitely lead one to success? Can’t this be an effective replacement for all teachings of success messiahs?
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What do Fake news Do?
Is fake news, a real threat? Or does it empower us in meeting new challenges? Or is it another excuse we have invented, and if so, why?
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My Theory of How human nature came to humans
What differentiates us from the rest of life? How come we are well disposed to inventing both feelings and its causes, where none exist? And how the questions will lead us to whatever is unique in us.
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How do Human Societies Differ? And how do they Match?
Human society is everywhere arranged into smaller chunks that are generally always at unease with each other. How could this have happened? What can we do?
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What is Rational about Mythology
I think we are looking at mythology as dead history, not realizing its great contributions in the past as well as greater prospects in store.
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Is There a Need to Revisit Evolution?
Theory of evolution describes the formation of sea and land animals. If we look from the perspective of an altruistic animal, different results emerge.
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Do We Need New Wisdom, That too, From a New Philosophy?
What can explain our failure to confront the presence of disturbances in human societies, be it in political, social, or whatever. Doesn't it point to the need of a philosophical change?
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Do We Need an Expert view of Expertise?
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The Future, of the World of Beliefs
This is to examine, what role, beliefs are playing in our life. What is it doing, and what it shall lead our future to.
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Some Theories of How We Became Human, and Why None of Them Need be Correct
How did we acquire human-ness? The prevailing ideas I think, is off the mark. Our human-ness is of our own volition
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Shouldn't We Have Thresholds in Life?
Shouldn't we have a starting point for everything in life? A threshold, which is more important then the ‘thing’ itself?
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Nurture takes Precedence over Nature?
Nature Vs Nurture is an old contest, but yet to be settled. Examination of few cases of humans growing up with no influence of ‘nurture’, tilt the scale decisively to nurture.
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Antipedia – The Reverse Encyclopedia
Need exists, for a compendium of inabilities, or disadvantages, of things we want to adopt. This can save much of our labor, while promising a brighter future.
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Generalized Peter’s Principle for Life.
In all species of life, humans stand apart. The abject inadequacy of their actions vis-à-vis survival of the race, easily shows, how humans are a species already at the level of incompetence.
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Why Humans Can't Find Peace?
Why is human society never at peace? I found a rather non-intuitive answer. Evolution has come to a stop with humans, making, lingering discontent a staple part of life.
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What is human Forte?
What are we naturally good at? Or, it this the difference between humans and other forms of life, that we are good for nothing special? Do we need to change our ideas about humans, animals, or both?
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Towards a Stable Society
I think it is common knowledge that human society is never at peace. Further study about this leads to quite a non-intuitive reason, language, a few changes to which needs shall change this.
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A Dynamic Democracy
We spend much time and efforts for governing ourselves. A modified form, a government with rolling elections, can channel our efforts to more productive uses, while retaining its democratic hue.
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CRYOGOVERNANCE - the State of the Future
We can easily notice, human societies, say countries, are everywhere in disarray. The reason is, state is ovestaying its useful time. Let us find the wrongs and, the right way to correct the wrongs.
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What is so Attractive about the 'Natural'?
Some time back, things like ‘Fortified grain’ and ‘Vitalized oil’, were the ones in great demand. Now it is the time for 'Natural' stuff? What is causing this?
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Why do we have Political Parties?
Though all the successes in human life is due individual excellence, we have chosen political parties as the mechanism to monitor and guide us to our future. Why?
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Why Aren't We Sober About Alcohol?
When it comes to alcohol, we seem to lack common sense. We continue to find fault with alcohol itself instead of with ourselves.
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Why Democracy?
I think leaders of the world have chosen democracy as the way of life, saying, this is the best way. If it is truly the best, what is the need to say so? If it isn't, why are we holding on to it?
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What do Bad Habits Do?
Why do we ignore public warnings about the dangers persisting in habits and behaviours that we know aren't good for us? What is the psychology behind risky behaviour? Let me try to explain.
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Quantum Philosophy - a Poem
Just like in quantum space, things appear unlike our wish, in real life too.
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The Future of Politics
It is but natural that the winds of change blowing over our society will leave their mark everywhere. What effect will it have on politics? And how will that change our society?
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What is Causing Democracy to Change?
We can see that democracy is leading to widespread discontent, showing likelihood of change. What are the forces acting and, what can we do?
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What Is the Future of Democracy?
The more, the world is tilting towards democracy, the sharper, the social unrest, and greater the threat to our future. What can explain this? What could be in store?
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What Makes, Good Presence of Mind
Presence of mind, a rather loosely understood but over glorified topic, is usually seen with spiritual dimensions. Is that so?
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What could be in store for humans?
An overview of the predictions in this regard can pave way for a new one. Is there any unexplored dimension to our future?
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Why Are Our Societies Turbulent?
Why is human society inordinately turbulent? Why are we not able to find an answer? Are we asking the right questions?
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Is There Another Way to Learn?
Though learning comes naturally to all forms of life, in the case of humans, it seems to be taking a path needing a lot of effort. The huge proliferation of educational infrastructure is a fit case for re-examination.
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Are Humans, the Best of Life?
What are we naturally good at? Is there room for a rethink, on our position vis-a-vis that of other beings?
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What Distinguishes Humans from Other Beings?
What makes one human? How human difer from other forms of life? Why is man a thinking animal? Why does man make mistakes in whatever one does? The answer seems to be coming from odd directions.
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How to get an idea about life?
Though humans have a good idea of the material, when it comes to life, they score very low. Why can't we come up with an answer to, questions of life?
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Why Dowry?
There is widespread belief that dowry system is added by the groom to profit from marriage. But the truth is, marriage got institutionalized to keep the dowry sytem going, as it plays a crucial role
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Organize or Perish. Is this our Choice?
An examination of human history can show us that, unlike all other species of life, we are constantly under threat from within. Shouldn't we rethink about the way human society is organized?
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To err is human? If so, Why?
Look at hmans. Nothing they do, where there is no error. Look at other forms of life. Nothing they do, where there is error. Is there a reason for this? If so, what is it?
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The Perils of Co-operation
Is Co-operation all that good? A fresh approach to this question prodices surprising results, capable of leading us to a rethink.
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The minorities and their significance
It seems we are ignorant of the deep significance of the minorities of the world, in the survival of present civilization unlike the many past ones. Being already on a fuse, we better learn this fast.
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My Take on Sexism
Unfair treatment is not at all uncommon. When it is of parents, children, pets or others, we take appropriate action to find the real cause, and when of women, we assume man as the cause. Why?
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Man can't find what is good for him, but as men, they however do
All social interactions either end in close cooperation or result in horrible fight, both of which we humans do remarkably well, but when it comes to anything in between, we always are found wanting.
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How to Stop Terrorism
We do not treat appropriately at all, the emotive aspects of our life. We let those continue to grow in intensity, and the emotions that are not of benign nature produce unsavoury results. Terror is one such result.
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Male, Female, and Libido – An Oblique View
To any trigger, reactions from men and women are widely different. Obviously the difference between the male and female physique should be the prime suspect. An inquiry into this leads to amusing results
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Is Language, for Communication?
Not only that we are not using language to the fullest of its abilities, but also it is being incorrectly used to cause severe harms to human settlements. What should be our approach and why?
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The secret of good times, of achievements and success
All that is unpleasant with our world can easily be traced to our longing for success in life, or our objections to someone else’s search for the same. Is it that our idea about success is wrong?
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Why do we react the way we react?
We are happily living with the thought that humans are rational and are moving towards a great future. Is that so?
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Can't we warm up to Global Warming?
This is a different look at the issue of Global Warming. I doubt whether the extensive preparations and worry is really called for.
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Getting Hurt by Words: What is so Special
Getting hurt is as much a liberating experience as a painful one. A peep into some aspects of a few such instances shows that it is profitable too. We gain, when we are hurt by words.
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The Real and The Abstract: Where is the difference?
There is a marked difference in the ways we deal with real things in life and our approach to the conceptual. A journey behind those, surprisingly produce eye opening results.
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Why Is There Unrest?
Time has come to see whether unrest should be a natural element of human society. Is there valid reasons pointing so? What are they?
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The Spiritual and the Material: What Finally, Is the Takeaway?
All the trials and tribulations faced by human society since the beginning of life, can also be summarized as the turbulence caused by incorrect appreciation of these two entities
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The Spiritual and the Material, Why Are They Different?
All the trials and tribulations faced by human society since the beginning of life, can also be summarized as the turbulence caused by incorrect appreciation of these two entities
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The Spiritual and the Material, What Is the Difference?
All the trials and tribulations faced by human society since the beginning of life, can very well be summarized as a struggle for supremacy between these two entities
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Mind and matter, what differentiates the two?
Is mind, a subset of matter or is matter, a subset of mind?
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Some more of My Doubts
More questions on things we are comfortable with
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A Few More of my Basic Doubts
I seem to be having questions on everything that has answers
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How to be free of Intolerance
Intolerance has acquired such proportions that the continued existence itself, of our race, is in great peril. What is being shown here is what we badly need. An unconventional approach.
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Stay Organic for Ever?
I seem to be having questions on everything that has answers
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Why Terrorism is a Part of Our Life
Terrorism is a side product of all that we consider close to our heart. It therefore will exist in our society unless we find the exact cause and act.
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Why do we like, what we like?
The attempt is for finding an analytical answer to one of the most vexed questions one might have to face.
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Unity is strength? Like Hell!
A review of one of the 'Gospel Truths' of our society and its existence, yields surprising results.
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What Makes Us Do, What We Do?
This is an abstract discussion about the forces that make us behave the way we behave. The attempt is to find a cause for our actions, both rational and irrational, in clear, unambiguous terms.
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Religion: How a New one Evolve
This is a bold, new look at the most misunderstood of all human institutions. The reasons proposed for new religions can also throw new light on the origin of such practices.
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Why Do We Live as a Society?
Life as a Society has been accepted as a norm without examining the pros and cons of living together. A re-examination produce surprising results.