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The best reason for the layman to spend time studying culture is th at he can learn something useful and enlighten-ing about himself. This can be an interesting process, at times harrowing but ultimately rewarding. One of the most effective ways to learn about oneself is by taking seriously the cultures of others. It forces you to pay attention to ... See more

Edward T. Hall • THE SILENT LANGUAGE

The world is becoming more technologically complex, interdependent, and culturally diverse, which makes the building of relationships more and more necessary to get things accomplished and, at the same time, more difficult. Relationships are the key to good communication; good communication is the key to successful task accomplishment; and Humble

Edgar H Schein • Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling

People of the Western world, particularly Americans, tend to think of time as something fixed in nature, something around us and from which we cannot escape; an ever-present part of the environment, just like the air we breathe. That it might be experienced in any other way seems unnatural and strange, a feeling which is rarely modified even when w... See more

Edward T. Hall • THE SILENT LANGUAGE

On Planting Fields

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The Dunbar Number as a Limit to Group Sizes

Christopher Allen lifewithalacrity.com

The Tower

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When we knew every face intimately, there was no need to generalize into “people.” Our ancestors experienced a richness of intimacy that we can hardly imagine today, living as we do among strangers. It is not only social richness that is muffled underneath our words, it is the entirety of sensual experience. Margaret Mead once observed, “For those

Charles Eisenstein • The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self

The Balkanization and Babelification of the Internet

Ruby Justice Thelot folklore.mirror.xyz

Our culture is an edifice built of externalized memories.

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Edward T. Hall • THE SILENT LANGUAGE

Edgar H Schein • Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling

Edward T. Hall • THE SILENT LANGUAGE

On Planting Fields

The Dunbar Number as a Limit to Group Sizes

The Tower

Charles Eisenstein • The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self

The Balkanization and Babelification of the Internet

Joshua Foer • Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything