EASTERN PHILOSOPHY – BUDDHISM: “British Theravada Buddhist Monk, Ajahn Brahm, Outlines His Perspectives on God and Atheism” ☮
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Category Archives: Thought
CRITICAL THINKING: “Those Seven Savage Christopher Hitchens Mic Drops” / ScienceNET ☮
PSYCHOLOGY – SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: “Eight Struggles of Being a Deep Thinker in the Modern World” / Learning Mind / Anna LeMind ☮
Being a deep thinker is a great gift as it allows you to delve into the very essence of things and be more conscious.
Still, in modern society with its materialistic consumer mentality, this constant inquiry and profound awareness that accompany being a deep thinker can be quite challenging.
Here are some struggles that only deep thinkers can relate to:
1. Feeling of detachment
2. You have no interest in mainstream culture and popular activities
3. You have a profound frustration with modern society
4. Others confuse you for being arrogant/weird/absentminded
5. The necessity to solve everyday problems can be a real challenge
6. Periods of introspection and causeless sadness
7. Lack of understanding
8. It can be difficult to get out of your head and return to reality
PSYCHOLOGY – SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: “Bill Maher Explains the Real Reason Donald Trump is Popular” ☮
CRITICAL THINKING: “Those Seven Times Christopher Hitchens Nailed Everything” ☮
Attention: Hitchslap impact imminent! Articulate, brutally honest, and never afraid of a dangerous idea, Christopher Hitchens was a true intellectual maverick. Here are seven of his more memorable moments that stood out to me.
WESTERN PHILOSOPHY – ANCIENT: “Interest in Politics” / Pericles ☮
Pericles (circa 495-429 BCE) was the most prominent and influential Greek statesman and orator during the Golden Age of Athens. In 461, he became the ruler of Athens, a role he would occupy until his death. During his leadership, he built the Acropolis and the Parthenon and led Athens’ recapture of Delphi, the siege on Samos, and the invasion of Megara. In 429, he died of the plague.
MUSIC-POP: Dean Ford and Fernando Perdomo / “Reflections of My Life” / Genghis Cohen (Los Angeles) / January 2, 2016 ☮
Marmalade lead singer and songwriter Dean Ford accompanied by Fernando Perdomo performs Marmalade’s biggest hit live to a sold-out audience at Genghis Cohen (Los Angeles) on January 2, 2016.
“Reflections of My Life” written by Marmalade band members Junior Campbell and Dean Ford (1969).
CRITICAL THINKING: “Mother Teresa: Hell’s Angel” / Christopher Hitchens ☮
Christopher Hitchens investigates whether Mother Teresa of Calcutta deserves her saintly image. Probes her campaigns against contraception and abortion and her relationships with right-wing political leaders.
READING: “Luddites Rejoice! Americans Still Prefer Printed Books” / PBS Newshour ☮
The printed book remains the popular choice for readers over their digital counterparts, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center.
In the past year, 65 percent of U.S. adults surveyed said they read a book in its printed form. 28 percent of people said they read an e-book over the same period, while 14 percent said they listened to an audio book.
CRITICAL THINKING: “John Cleese on Stupidity: The Dunning-Kruger Effect”
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- Revisiting why incompetents think they’re awesome (arstechnica.com)
- The Day I discovered the “Dunning-Kruger Effect” (mooalameri.net)
- The dunning-kruger effect (skepticblog.org)
- Unskilled and unaware of it – The Dunning-Kruger Effect (piecubed.co.uk)
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