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Worth a Look: Hoping Against Hope – Confessions of a Postmodern Pilgrim (John D. Caputo)

Worth A Look
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John D. Caputo has a long career as one of the preeminent postmodern philosophers in America. The author of such books as Radical Hermeneutics, The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida, and The Weakness of God, Caputo now reflects on his spiritual journey from a Catholic altar boy in 1950s Philadelphia to a philosopher after the death of God. Part spiritual autobiography, part homily on what he calls the “nihilism of grace,” Hoping Against Hope calls believers and nonbelievers alike to participate in the “praxis of the kingdom of God,” which Caputo says we must pursue “without why.”

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SchwartzReport: Insurance Divesting from Coal

03 Economy, 05 Energy, 07 Health, 11 Society
Stephan A. Schwartz
Stephan A. Schwartz

As I have predicted for some years, the first large corporations to change their policies on carbon investments will be insurance companies. Since they pay out claims brought on by disasters, they are exquisitely attuned to what causes disasters and carbon energy is at the top of their list. Insurance companies understand what Republicans will not admit — climate change is a game changer unlike anything ever seen before by the human species. So I take AXA's action as good news.

Huge Insurance Company Cites Climate Change As Reason For Divesting From Coal

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Stephen E. Arnold: Is Human Collaboration Key to Big Data Progress and Future of Internet?

IO Impotency
Stephen E. Arnold
Stephen E. Arnold

Is (Human) Collaboration the Key to Big Data Progress?

The article titled Big Data Must Haves: Capacity, Compute, Collaboration on GCN offers insights into the best areas of focus for big data researchers. The Internet2 Global Summit is in D.C. this year with many exciting panelists who support the emphasis on collaboration in particular. The article mentions the work being presented by several people including Clemson professor Alex Feltus,

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SchwartzReport: Brid Flu Slams Factorys, Not Home Flocks — This is IMPORTANT!

01 Agriculture
Stephan A. Schwartz
Stephan A. Schwartz

The die-off of commercially raised chickens hasn't received much attention, even though tens of millions of birds have died, so many that disposing of them has become a logistical nightmare.  But media silence does not mean lack of substance. This situation is telling us something very important about the inherent vulnerability of the industrial-pharmaceutical animal husbandry model. The most interesting part of this story to my mind is the fact that birds that are raised in a wellness as opposed to profit model are NOT succumbing. It took me a while to find a story that described this aspect, since the coverage of this entire event barely rates a yawn in corporate media, but this is a good account. We are being told something very important about our food system; it's a shame we aren't listening.

Bird Flu Is Slamming Factory Farms But Sparing Backyard Flocks. Why?

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Berto Jongman: Evidence of Ancient Civilization Destroyed by Comet

Earth Intelligence
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

Hancock’s smoking gun evidence that comet destroyed ancient civilisation hidden at Gobekli Tepe, Gunung Padang

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Hancock says that this sudden decline in temperatures, was a direct result of an impact of a comet in North American ice caps that first led to floods followed by tidal waves and ultimately a vast cloud of dust into the upper atmosphere that enshrouded the entire earth for more than a thousand years, preventing the sun’s rays from reaching the surface, and setting off the Younger Dryas deep freeze.

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