Environmental Humanities

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The Attention Economy

The Attention Economy

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

Tuning in at the moment is no longer sufficient. The media want our attention extended, continued, and reengaged after necessary absences such as work and sleep. 12 $1.20 Add
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The Biological Science

The Biological Science

What's Really Going on in Our Brains?

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

I am going to get down to the hard science: what really goes on in our brains when we overengage in i-tech. To this end, I will introduce modalities that permit us to examine the i-phenomenon at … 21 $2.10 Add
The Biology of Wonder

The Biology of Wonder

Aliveness, Feeling, and the Metamorphosis of Science

In The Biology of Wonder author Andreas Weber proposes a new approach to the biological sciences that puts the human back in nature. He argues that feelings and emotions, far from being … 336 View
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The Body of the Sea

The Body of the Sea

From: The Biology of Wonder

This chapter explores why we must focus on a multiplicity of species to understand the enigma of life. 19 $1.90 Add
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The Desire for Life

The Desire for Life

From: The Biology of Wonder

The author discusses his scientific education, and how he felt that something was lacking in the overly mechanistic conception of life in biology. 19 $1.90 Add
The Environmentalist’s Dilemma
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The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

Promise and Peril in an Age of Climate Crisis

For readers of Ronald Wright, Rebecca Solnit, and Yuval Noah Harari, comes a compelling inquiry into our relationship with humanity’s latest and greatest calamity. In the … 266 View
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The Future is an Unlocked Door

The Future is an Unlocked Door

From: About Face

On Narcotics. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors in these … 9 $0.90 Add
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The Future of Power

The Future of Power

Learning to Live Happily Within Limits

From: Power

In the concluding chapter, Heinberg explores the territory between human self-annihilation and sufficient self-restraint. 63 $6.30 Add
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The Good, the Bad, and the Neutral

The Good, the Bad, and the Neutral

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

In this chapter and those following, I will continue to build on these arguments but also build further upon the argument of the importance of people: that i-tech should not replace human … 20 $2.00 Add
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Esports and the Business of Gaming

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

We need more fun in our lives. But, when gaming morphs into obsession, replaces and supersedes multiple forms of physical and mental leisure activity, adversely starts to affect physical health, … 16 $1.60 Add
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The Integrity Model

The Integrity Model

To Be or Not To Be as A Function of Our Values

From: About Face

The readings in the fourth section of the book covers the contemporary discourse surrounding addiction in Canada, and outlines a variety of possible paths forward for combatting addiction. ; 9 $0.90 Add
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The Machine That Can Die

The Machine That Can Die

From: The Biology of Wonder

In this chapter, the author explores "holistic biology," which considers both bodily and inner experiences as biological phenomena. 34 $3.40 Add
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The Narrowing of Minds

The Narrowing of Minds

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

How do you measure creativity if you never find it in the first place? I have noticed over the past five to eight years is that youth are progressively less aware of their creative potential. … 26 $2.60 Add
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The Newest Normal
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The Newest Normal

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

Things have never been so good for humanity, yet so dire for the planet. On one side of the ledger: practically any quantifiable aspect of human well-being, on the other: All the life that … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Physics of Creation

The Physics of Creation

From: The Biology of Wonder

In this chapter, Weber examines how complex natural patterns reveal the interrelated nature of life and the anorganic environment. 18 $1.80 Add
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The Power of sound

The Power of sound

History and Biology

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

Dings, and bings, various ringtones, and device alert our brains. They make us react. Not merely attentionally but neurophysiologically as well. The two are strongly biologically attached. The … 19 $1.90 Add