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Tag: Samsara

Collapse of the imaginary economy

Most analyses of economic collapse focus on the effects of wealth inequality, financial malfeasance, and inadequate government regulation. Centuries of such analyses – by Hobbes, Locke, Marx, Polanyi, Friedman, Krugman, Graeber, Picketty and many more – have extensively examined… Read the rest

Larry Barnett Culture 1 Comment April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 4 Minutes

Getting a grip on suffering

An unfortunate victim being drawn and quartered

Are we doomed to suffer? There seems to be widespread belief that suffering is the nature of human experience; (a) we are all born sinners afflicted with original sin; (b) we are bound within the circle of Samsara where our attachments breed suffering;… Read the rest

Larry Barnett Philosophy 1 Comment November 8, 2017March 12, 2020 2 Minutes
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