Tag: interest

HISTORY OF IDEAS – Monasticism
- by Cameron Friesen
- 1 week ago
- 100 comments
We’ve come to see living on our own or in a small family unit of our own as a key step in growing up; it’s the dominant image we have of adult existence. So, monasticism, which involves unmarried people working
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SOCIOLOGY – Auguste Comte
- by Cameron Friesen
- 2 months ago
- 100 comments
Though we tend to think of atheists as not only unbelieving but also hostile to religion, we should remember a tradition of atheistic thinkers who’ve tried to reconcile a suspicion of the supernatural side of religion with a deep sympathy
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Finance: The History of Money (combined)
- by Cameron Friesen
- 3 months ago
- 47 comments
The history of money in ten minutes number one early money Long before money was invented people were quite happy making doing and growing things from one another in small communities they could largely remember the payments and receipts of
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How To Make Any Story Interesting
- by Cameron Friesen
- 3 months ago
- 100 comments
Today, we’re gonna talk about how you can make any story more interesting. If you can tell your stories well, you’ll find that people will love having you around. It’s also much easier to talk about yourself in attractive or
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HISTORY OF IDEAS – French & English Gardens
- by Cameron Friesen
- 3 months ago
- 100 comments
There have been two central traditions in European gardening. Each one associated with a great European nation. The first originated in 17th century France, and became known as the “Jardin à la française” or “formal French garden”. The most sublime
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POP CULTURE: Better Celebrities
- by Cameron Friesen
- 4 months ago
- 100 comments
Serious people are used to thinking badly of celebrity culture. They hate how everyone wants to read about where the latest big name has been on holiday, or who they’re dating. They say it’s silly and a sad reflection of
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POP CULTURE: When and Why We Cry In Films
- by Cameron Friesen
- 4 months ago
- 100 comments
It’s normal to think that we’ll cry when sad stuff happens on screen, when a character we’ve come to like dies, when a relationship we wanted to believe in falls apart, when a favorite animal doesn’t make it. Of course,
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POP CULTURE: Taylor Swift’s Legs & Climate Change
- by Cameron Friesen
- 4 months ago
- 100 comments
a major release of the Antarctic Ice Sheet recently melted and fell into the sea the planet is in profound trouble environmental organizations keep trying to get us to notice a few people care a lot but strangely and shamefully
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Savings and Loan Crisis: Explained, Summary, Timeline, Bailout, Finance, Cost, History
- by Cameron Friesen
- 4 months ago
- 40 comments
well the savings and loan crisis thing is really struck a responsive chord around the United States we’ve been getting more mail from the programs which we’ve done on the savings and loan crisis with Rob Widdowson than any other
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POP CULTURE: What’s wrong with the media
- by Cameron Friesen
- 5 months ago
- 100 comments
We’re likely to have grown up thinking that the mainstream Media was our friend The common sense natural judge of everything that matters and is important and a reliable guide to existence But we might also be realizing that isn’t
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