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Erich Fromm and 21st Century Escapism

Erich Fromm and 21st Century Escapism

I would be interested to know if anyone is aware of a study of cultural-social psychology from the claim of Erich Fromm in 1960.   "...and yet nobody has any true aim. We are alienated with ourselves, we don't feel much, and certainly we don't feel intensely, all we...

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The misery of rankings and machine thinking

The misery of rankings and machine thinking

“Oxford University’s Professor of Higher Education Simon Marginson said he disliked the Times rankings because there was no rationale for the mix and ratio of the weightings. Meanwhile, he said survey responses from academics were subjective and often unduly amplified...

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The Trip, So Many Miles

The Trip, So Many Miles

The Trip Song by Still Corners Time has come to go Pack your bags, hit the open road Our hearts just won't die It's the trip, keeps us alive   Ooh So many miles So many miles So many miles Away   The falling sun burns a line Tearing into the night Watching...

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New Dawn

New Dawn

NEW DAWN This morning… This is what I said to my American colleague, Garrett Lang of the Free Thinker Institute (New York, NY), who I work with on these big ideas of education, and politics.   … here today, on Sunday, we have a new government. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!! It...

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Uncooked Lamb: Over-clever humorous Propaganda

Uncooked Lamb: Over-clever humorous Propaganda

Any serious historian or a sociologist in the broad Australian Studies areas must be puzzled at the messaging of the recent Australian Lamb promotional video, and the, alas, popular response on social media. We have been here before, so many times. Clever? or humorous...

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