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The Nameless Uncarved Wood
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The Nameless Uncarved Wood

From: The Web of Meaning

Traditional Chinese and Greek philosophy of mind is discussed, along with the insights of modern neuroscience. The chapter describes the role of the pre-frontal cortex as the executive function, … 19 $1.90 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 Nature of Wealth

The Nature of Wealth

From: Indigenomics

Topics discussed in this chapter include a timeline of money, ceremony as an expression of wealth, and the economic distortion through the lens of wealth and poverty. 14 $1.40 Add
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The Need for a Different Worldview

The Need for a Different Worldview

From: Techno-Fix

The Need for A Different Worldview suggests that a shift is needed to a different view of reality, one that is based on the fact of interconnectedness rather than the illusion of separateness, a … ; 29 $2.90 Add
The New Carbon Architecture

The New Carbon Architecture

Buiding to Cool the Climate

"Green buildings" that slash energy use and carbon emissions are all the rage, but they aren’t enough. The hidden culprit is embodied carbon — the carbon emitted when … 186 View
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The New Normal

The New Normal

From: Emergent Agriculture

Farmers have played roulette with the weather for 10,000 years. They know the risks and they live with them. They tend to believe that if the weather beats them down this year, things will be … 15 $1.50 Add
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Engage, Connect, Protect

The New Paradigm for Environmental Consciousness

From: Engage, Connect, Protect

The author details personal and work experiences leading to her understanding of the gaps between people of colour and the mainstream environmental and conservation communities. 17 $1.70 Add
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The OntoShift to the Commons

The OntoShift to the Commons

From: Free, Fair and Alive

In the second chapter, the authors dig into the question of why commons have been so ignored in the modern era, despite their long history, and suggest that a new ontological perspective is … ; 22 $2.20 Add
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The Original AI
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The Original AI

Animate Intelligence

From: The Web of Meaning

This chapter links the European loss of seeing the world as connected with the Scientific Revolution, and how that view has continued uninterrupted in Indigenous ways of seeing and knowing. … 26 $2.60 Add
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The Paradox of Agriculture

The Paradox of Agriculture

From: Emergent Agriculture

The paradox of agriculture. Our image of what we want farming to be and the reality of what it has become. The words unsustainable, dangerous, inhumane, dehumanizing, and toxic are barely … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Parent’s Role

The Parent’s Role

From: Childhood Unplugged

In this chapter, Martinko explains the importance of parents modeling the screen habits they’d like their children to adopt. Martinko discusses various parenting styles and outlines their … 14 $1.40 Add
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The Party Game

The Party Game

Sign Reading

From: The Power Manual

The Party game comes from the field of theater. Actors play it to learn the subtle differences in status between characters — how they manifest and are transformed. The purpose of this game … 4 $0.40 Add
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The Patterns of the Universe
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The Patterns of the Universe

From: The Web of Meaning

The chapter begins with the paradox of the Ship of Theseus, and continues with the the philosophy of flux of the Pre-Socratics and of the Song Dynasty of China. How things can be in constant flux … 31 $3.10 Add
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The Perils of Anger Mountain

The Perils of Anger Mountain

From: The Joy of Conflict Resolution

We react instinctively to a perceived attack with a fight, flight, or freeze response. A fight response places us squarely on the drama triangle of confrontation as either a hero or a villain. A … 14 $1.40 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 Positive Biases of Technology Assessments and Cost-Benefit Analyses

The Positive Biases of Technology Assessments and Cost-Benefit Analyses

From: Techno-Fix

The Positive Biases of Technology Assessments and Cost-Benefit Analyses demonstrates how each step in the standard cost-benefit analysis procedure has intrinsic problems and ambiguities, some of … ; 38 $3.80 Add