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Design and Violence: An Intelligent Invitation to Nuanced Discourse in a Culture of Black-and-White Binaries

Design and Violence: An Intelligent Invitation to Nuanced Discourse in a Culture of Black-and-White Binaries

Pause-giving meditations by William Gibson, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Rob Walker, and more.

Leisure, the Basis of Culture: An Obscure German Philosopher’s Timely 1948 Manifesto for Reclaiming Our Human Dignity in a Culture of Workaholism

Leisure, the Basis of Culture: An Obscure German Philosopher’s Timely 1948 Manifesto for Reclaiming Our Human Dignity in a Culture of Workaholism

“Leisure lives on affirmation. It is not the same as the absence of activity … or even as an inner quiet. It is rather like the stillness in the conversation of lovers, which is fed by their oneness.”

The Amoebae and the Secret of Love: Nikki Giovanni’s Poetic Meditation on the Human Condition

The Amoebae and the Secret of Love: Nikki Giovanni’s Poetic Meditation on the Human Condition

“We live in a world requiring light and Darkness … partnership and solitude … sameness and difference…”

The Little Gardener: A Tender Illustrated Parable of Purpose and the Power of Working with Love

The Little Gardener: A Tender Illustrated Parable of Purpose and the Power of Working with Love

A sweet celebration of all that is alive and wonderful, inside us and in the outside world we shape together.

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