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What the Ju/’hoansi can tell us about group decision-making | Aeon Essays
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Hunter-gatherer societies are highly expert in group deliberation and decision-making which respects both difference and unity
on Jul 15
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What Hannah Arendt proposed as an alternative to authenticity | Aeon Essays
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In her final unfinished work, Hannah Arendt mounted an incisive critique of the idea that we are in search of our true selves
on Jul 18
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We need new metaphors that put life at the centre of biology | Aeon Essays
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Welcome to the new, post-genomic biology: a transformative era in need of fresh metaphors to understand how life works
on Jul 12
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Even a happy adoption is founded on an unstable sense of self | Aeon Essays
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Even happy families cannot avoid the reality – my reality – that adoption is predicated on transacting the life of a child
on Jul 2