Berto Jongman: Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds

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Berto Jongman

Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds

Elizabeth Kolbert

New Yorker

“The Enigma of Reason,” “The Knowledge Illusion,” and “Denying to the Grave” were all written before the November election. And yet they anticipate Kellyanne Conway and the rise of “alternative facts.” These days, it can feel as if the entire country has been given over to a vast psychological experiment being run either by no one or by Steve Bannon. Rational agents would be able to think their way to a solution. But, on this matter, the literature is not reassuring. ♦

Yoda: China Gets It Right — Summary

Collective Intelligence, Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
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New Era of China’s Development and Prospects for China-Russia Relations

Li Hui Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Russian Federation

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Daniel Christian Wahl: From the Crisis of Perception to the (Holistic) Systems View of Life

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Daniel C. Wahl

From the ‘crisis of perception’ to the ‘systems view of life’

After initially training as a zoologist and marine biologist at the University of Edinburgh and the University of California (Santa Cruz), I have spent the last 20 years of my life in search of answers to one extremely complex challenge: How can we create a more sustainable human presence on Earth?

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Rebecca Campbell: Russia to launch ‘independent internet’ for BRICS nations

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Russia to launch ‘independent internet’ for BRICS nations – report

The Russian Security Council has asked the country’s government to develop an independent internet infrastructure for BRICS nations, which would continue to work in the event of global internet malfunctions.

The initiative was discussed at the October meeting of the Security Council, which is Russia’s top consultative body on national security. President Vladimir Putin personally set a deadline of August 1, 2018 for the completion of the task, the RBC news agency reported.

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