THE MACHINE STOPS by E.M. Forster (1909) Anybody who uses the Internet would do well to read E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops. Written in 1909, it is a chilling, short story masterpiece about the role of technology in our lives. Amazingly prescient about the internet, e-mail, phones that project visual images, and social media addiction, […]
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Kevin FitzMaurice is an old REBT hand, counselor and prolific author. He actively supports community services to improve others’ living conditions . . . 975 total views, 32 views today Originally posted 2019-05-05 06:04:34.
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Marcus Aurelius: Life and Stoicism Donald Robertson Introductory course 1,559 total views, 2 views today Originally posted 2019-03-07 00:05:52.
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Lynn Clark, PhD, Author, Clinical Psychologist, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Western Kentucky University . . . 1,228 total views Originally posted 2019-02-28 19:51:48.
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Beat the Holiday Bloat
Beat the Holiday Bloat! 718 total views, 4 views today Originally posted 2018-12-08 06:21:51.
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Is “happiness” possible or a cruel illusion?
Good Morning REBT Mates! We have been discussing whether it is really possible to be “genuinely happy” or whether it is a cruel illusion, and what REBT has to say about happiness. Click to see the quote a reader shares from the Dalai Lama 1,760 total views Originally posted 2012-11-12 17:46:32.
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Read “Enlightenment Now” Now!
If you read one book this year, read Steven Pinker’s “Enlightenment Now.” Please! More than any book I have read, this one exposes how the despair, nastiness, anger and masochism characteristic of today’s social-cultural-political climate is irrational, manufactured and simply based on incorrect information. ~Rex 1,743 total views Originally posted 2018-10-01 06:33:40.
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Jack Kornfield is an American author, Buddhist Practitioner and one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West . . . 980 total views Originally posted 2019-04-16 21:07:57.
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Harrison Bergeron, a story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
It was the year 2081 and everybody was finally equal. ~Harrison Bergeron, a story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 3,313 total views, 2 views today Originally posted 2019-04-22 22:34:57.
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Dare to Be Average!
One of the most unusual, attention-grabbing, and in my opinion, important chapter titles ever in a self-help book of this kind. But what on earth could be the reason for such a seemingly negative, almost “anti-American” sentiment? 7,966 total views Originally posted 2013-04-29 18:16:46.
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Quotes That Matter
