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"The truth about stories is that’s all we are," said Thomas King. And maybe we should add: the truth about research is that it is a story, too.
James Shelley

November 2021

Going off camera to get on task
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May 2021

"Repressive forces don’t stop people expressing themselves but rather force them to express themselves." - Gilles Deleuze
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March 2021

Would Mowgli have a "purpose in life?"Thought experiment. Suppose you grew up as a feral child in the wild, marooned on some deserted island and raised by another species of benevole…
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February 2021

The power to push an agenda rests in the power to define the problem.
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What if everything we pursue is an unconscious diversion from the insurmountable problem of death?
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And the story of racism is everywhere.
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Tracing back the origin of the phrase invites new perspectives on the concept.
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Another perspective on the metaphor of the mountaintop.
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Humans generate mountains of data as we describe ourselves to one another, but who are we when we are not describing ourselves?
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To be a human being is to have a mind enmeshed in the zeitgeist of society and language, not transcendent of it.
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All is managed and coordinated in the world of synchronous remote activity.
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