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  by sungod

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Type: documentary

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Status: liked

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Author: Penn Jillette

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Tags: biography religion society atheism

2013-02-22

  by sungod

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Type: documentary

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Status: liked

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Author: Malcolm Gladwell

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Tags: essays society

2010-03-22

  by nrayko

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Type: scientific

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Status: finished

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Authors: Mark J. Penn E. Kinney Zalesne

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Tags: society sociology trends b 2008

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Description: B: A lot like Blink. The author takes trends that have a following and tries to explain whatB: A lot like Blink. The author takes trends that have a following and tries to explain what that means in the long run (i.e. teens who knit may bring back the idea that creating something with your hands is more important than buying it from the store)...

2008-09-05

  by katie & 1 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Authors: Ryunosuke Akutagawa G. H. Healey Geoffrey Bownas

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Tags: fantasy japan satire society mythical_creatures

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Description: First-person narrative by an inmate in a mental institution -- telling of how he went hikingFirst-person narrative by an inmate in a mental institution -- telling of how he went hiking on a mountain, the mist rolled in, and then he spied a kappa -- a mythical creature in Japanese folklore -- looking at him. He gives chase and ends up falling down a hole to a world where many things are the reverse of his society (written in the late 1920s). [Could be compared to Alice in Wonderland in many respects...] [Also reminds me of Gogol's Diary of a Madman] [Now going to read Murakami's book Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World which also features kappa creatures...]...

2007-12-27

  by lindsathon & 188 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Aldous Huxley

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Tags: distopia drugs communism society community experimental eugenics

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Description: ""Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto of Aldous Huxley's utopian""Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto of Aldous Huxley's utopian World State. Here everyone consumes daily grams of soma, to fight depression, babies are born in laboratories, and the most popular form of entertainment is a "Feelie," a movie that stimulates the senses of sight, hearing, and touch. Though there is no violence and everyone is provided for, Bernard Marx feels something is missing and senses his relationship with a young women has the potential to be much more than the confines of their existence allow. Huxley foreshadowed many of the practices and gadgets we take for granted today--let's hope the sterility and absence of individuality he predicted aren't yet to come."...

2007-12-18

  by mtmiller

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Type: religious

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Status: liked

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Author: Mark Lilla

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Tags: history religion philosophy politics society

2007-08-21

  by seas

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Type: scientific

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Status: favorite

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Authors: Alexander Bard Jan Soderqvist

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Tags: future business society internet communication

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Description: The book unveils current trends in society influenced a global communication and particularlyThe book unveils current trends in society influenced a global communication and particularly Internet....

2007-02-11

  by seas

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Type: business

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Status: liked

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Author: Peter F. Drucker

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Tags: future business society audiobook

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Description: Book was written some time ago, and predictions it made we already can see, and looks likeBook was written some time ago, and predictions it made we already can see, and looks like these predictions will steadily influence our life along the time....

2007-01-02

  by heliopinto & 166 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Ray Bradbury

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Tags: future dystopia society

2006-12-10

  by sungod & 4 users

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Type: documentary

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Michael Lewis

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Tags: society race sports football

2006-10-24