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Michel Bauwens

Nordic Ideology: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book Two (Metamodern Guides): Freinacht, Hanzi: 9788799973927: Amazon.com: Books

"In Nordic Ideology, the anticipated sequel to The Listening Society, the great philosopher Hanzi Freinacht strikes again from his refuge in the Alps—now with a yet bolder mission: to write social and political theory as a page-turner.

This book can be read independently of the first one and it outlines a path to a metamodern society, emerging from the Nordic countries—one that emerges from, but ultimately cancels and outcompetes modern society as we know it, while saving the world-system from collapse. How can this be achieved?

Here, things get real.

Not only do you get an overview of how society develops—what is higher freedom, deeper equality, a more intricate order of self-organization?—you get an actual plan-of-action for how to transform all of society and the people in it; indeed, even a strategy for how to organize and take charge of political development.

Loved and despised, Hanzi leaves few readers untouched. No issue is too controversial, no source of knowledge taboo; while committed to deep democracy and freedom, Hanzi does not shy away from learning from the totalitarian ideologies of the 20th century. And indeed, the power of his vision, and the six new forms of metamodern politics introduced in the book, compels readers to act—to actualize the vision, or to stop the metamodernists at any cost."

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The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan | by Omar M. Khateeb | Medium

"Understanding Media:The Extension of Man by Marshall McLuhan"

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Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010: Murray, Charles: 9780307453433: Amazon.com: Books

"In Coming Apart, Charles Murray explores the formation of American classes that are different in kind from anything we have ever known, focusing on whites as a way of driving home the fact that the trends he describes do not break along lines of race or ethnicity.

Drawing on five decades of statistics and research, Coming Apart demonstrates that a new upper class and a new lower class have diverged so far in core behaviors and values that they barely recognize their underlying American kinship"

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Roman Yampolskiy on the Uncontrollability, Incomprehensibility, and Unexplainability of AI - Future of Life Institute

"Roman Yampolskiy, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Louisville, joins us to discuss whether we can control, comprehend, and explain AI systems, and how this constrains the project of AI safety."

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Emerge: Making Sense of What's Next: Zak Stein - AI Tutor Apocalypse on Apple Podcasts

"Zak Stein - AI Tutor Apocalypse
Emerge: Making Sense of What's Next
Society & Culture
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Zak Stein and Daniel Thorson discuss the myriad risks of emerging AI tutoring technologies. AI tutoring is being developed now and will be deployed over the course of the next two to five years, bringing radical changes to our educational systems. This conversation explores the risks of this emerging technology while simultaneously proposing how, if designed correctly, this technology could solve the meta-crisis."

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(99+) Epicurean theology, A Reading of Philodemus treatise On Gods | Antonis Michailidis - Academia.edu

"The Epicureans, unlike the previous philosophers, approach the issue of divinity
differently. To them, the gods are not abstract concepts, but they have anthropomorphic
characteristics.
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However, they consider the perception of the believers of that time about religion
and the gods to be wrong, because it is based on a wrong study and understanding of nature.
According to their point of view, this erroneous study of nature has led to the belief that natural
phenomena and events arise from the will of the gods (e.g. lightning is sent by Zeus) and they
attempt to free humans from these perceptions. They believe that the inability to explain natural
phenomena is what causes fear. Therefore, the popular perception about gods is wrong and
Homeric sayings are not in line with reality, because the feelings they attribute to the gods, such
as anger or envy, do not correspond to their inherent nature."

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Can Palestine Survive?

"For the last three decades, Amira Hass has been charting the everyday practices of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Through her pioneering journalism and intricate knowledge of Palestinian life under occupation, she exploded the myth of the Oslo peace process by conveying how it has led to deepening occupation, the increasing expropriation of Palestinian territory, and the subordination and domination of Palestinians. This interview is focused on the period following Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack and Israel’s genocide in Gaza and expulsion plans, situated in the context of Oslo’s occupation regime and the destruction of Palestinian self-determination."

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