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Stories We Live By

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Retelling our own life stories that are creative and hopeful rather living as victims and in despair.

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Stories We Live By

Another mass murder of 18 children an 8 adults in a Public School. We are still schocked but getting used to what is a regular occurence. What story do we tell ourselves, and especially our children, to make sense of what can morally only... more
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From the moment that we are born we are bathed in stories and from a very young age we begin our own life as story tellers. But the stories we hear, and those that we tell reflect the cognitive development of the teller and the listener.... more
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Stories We Live By

From the moment that we are born we are bathed in stories and from a very young age we begin our own life as story tellers. But the stories we hear, and those that we tell reflect the cognitive development of the teller and the listener.... more
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Stories We Live By

A number of recent mass killings are merely a symptom of a society increasingly shaped by an endless stream of dehumanization of its citizenry. Our political process, mass entertainment and social interactions cast people as machines,... more
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Stories We Live By

I went to a juried art show today at a local museum and was struck by the wonderful, creative individuality on display. I compared my experience to that of reading the New York Times this morning with its endless articles describing... more
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Stories We Live By

Civilization and human survival depend upon human beings behaving reasonably toward themselves and each other. After a discussion that defines being reasonable, its development, and its struggle to survive the human capacity for... more
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Stories We Live By

A discussion of the nature of ideologies and how they entrap and destroy the individuals and societies that live by them. The attempt to divide the world into black and white, good and evil, perfect and damaged leads to many serious and... more
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A further analysis of how ideologies and sacred stories destroy individuality, creativity, and democratic institutions. The question will be posed: Are you and I individuals or simply small parts of mindless, powerful forces such as markets,... more
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A continuation of the analysis of the destructive narratives that now dominate much of political discourse that fails to deal in facts, engage in genuine debate with opinions that differ, and focusses on narrow perspectives and world... more
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A Psychological analysis of some of the stories now destroying what is left of American Democracy such as those rejecting modern science, those impugning the religion and citizenship of President Obama, and the myth that the unions... more
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