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Type: fiction

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Author: unknown

Tags: fiction scifi

Description: In a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is always Watching You and the ThoughtIn a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is always Watching You and the Thought Police can practically read your mind, Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. He knows the Party's official image of the world is a fluid fiction. He knows the Party controls the people by feeding them lies and narrowing their imaginations through a process of bewilderment and brutalization that alienates each individual from his fellows and deprives him of every liberating human pursuit from reasoned inquiry to sexual passion. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be....

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Author: unknown

Tags: fantasy fiction

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Type: documentary educational

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Authors: Douglas R. Hofstadter Douglas Hofstadter

Tags: philosophy math metaphors cognitive_science

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Type: educational

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Author: unknown

Tags: culture politics @finished art education americana media read4college

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Type: business

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Authors: Prince George M.

Tags: psychology cognition creativity metaphors meetings group_psychology

Description: A 1970 book, hailed as a classic -- starting in the Last Whole Earth Catalog. "The practiceA 1970 book, hailed as a classic -- starting in the Last Whole Earth Catalog. "The practice of creativity thgourhg Synectics -- the proven method of group problem-solving". Recommended in the book on web usability I recently read. Assumes all humans are natural problem solvers and analyzes what goes wrong in meetings. Focuses on how to foster sensitivity and contain aggression -- the two elements found in all meetings -- so as to allow ideas to be fairly considered and creativity encouraged. The use of analogies and metaphors in considering ideas is emphasized....