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Groundhog Day
Zen, Psychology, Art Robert Althouse Zen, Psychology, Art Robert Althouse

Groundhog Day

We have never been more divided as a country, each seeing the other side as a threat to democracy itself. How have we come to this point? I think it can partly be explained by the bubbles we live in with our social media accounts, each of us living in his or her own Truman show.

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Ethics of Interdependence
Zen, Precepts, Art Robert Althouse Zen, Precepts, Art Robert Althouse

Ethics of Interdependence

So I’d like to articulate an ethics of interdependence, that dignifies difference by actualizing our capacity for creative, improvisational virtuosity and compassionate commitment to bettering our world, both personally, and publicly.

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