Search Results for “Human Factors” – Page 20

2014/04/082014/04/10

Worth a Look: Books on War and Torture Victims, Asylum and Refugee Trauma

2014 Refuge and Resilience: Promoting Resilience and Mental Health among Resettled Refugees and Forced Migrants Taking an interdisciplinary approach and focusing on the social and psychological resources that promote resilience among forced migrants, this book presents theory and evidence about what keeps refugees healthy during resettlement. The book draws on contributions from cultural psychiatry, anthropology, …

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2014/03/222014/03/22

Berto Jongman: Formula for Societal Collapse – Now

Scientists Say Society Is Doomed, Though Not For Reason You Might Think There’s never been a shortage of doomsday scenarios. From the dreaded Mayan Apocalypse of 2012 (remember that?) to the havoc wreaked in the movie “The Day After Tomorrow,” people have been predicting the end of civilization for as long as there has been …

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2014/03/07

Tom Atlee: Competing Narratives on Ukraine

There are competing narratives about what’s going on in the Ukraine and why, and it behooves us as citizens to expose ourselves to a range of these before forming our own deeper understanding of what’s happening there and what should be done about it. One-sided information and stories lead us to make unwise decisions, as …

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2014/03/012014/03/01

Answers: Robert Steele to Ramin D on Education & Elites in Context of Revolution

Dear Mr. Steele, I’ve read your thesis, which presents a cogent framework to estimate the likelihood for the breakout of a revolution, with great interest. I have some questions, which I respectfully ask you to answer either via Email or a future post on your website, Phi Beta Iota.

2014/02/192014/02/19

BUCKY 2.0: Cosmic Definitions (Cultural Shorthand)

CA “SHORTHAND” WORDS/PHRASES (38 total) 5/30/12 As with all our pursuits, this document intends to help peel back layers of specific cultural misinformation conditioning/distortion/manipulation that has essentially forced our culture into behaviors quite opposite of natural/healthy choices that would otherwise be made, spontaneously. These phrases are sort of our “jargon” to simplify communication, understanding, and …

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2014/02/192014/02/19

BUCKY 2.0: Cosmic Quotes

Following are some poignant quotes that might be considered a backdrop for our Cosmically Adequate (CA) consideration/pursuit/exploration: R. Buckminster Fuller 45 quotes Daniel Quinn 37 quotes Alex Gerber 22 quotes Mary Baker Eddy 20 quotes David Brower 14 quotes Jean Liedloff 10 quotes Robert Fritz 6 quotes Alan Weisman 5 quotes Pete Carroll 4 quotes …

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2014/02/17

David Swanson: Top Six Reasons to End War

Top Six Reasons to Stop Fighting Wars 1. War is immoral 2. War endangers us 3. War threatens our environment 4. War erodes our liberties 5. War impoverishes us 6. We need $2 trillion/year for other things Below the line: six reasons, full text, photo, read more for each