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Abolitionism is a bioethical school and movement which proposes the use of biotechnology to maximize happiness and minimize suffering while working towards the abolition of involuntary suffering.
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“The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis” by Jeremy Rifkin
We are a fundamentally empathic species . . . Social scientists are reexamining human history from an empathic lens and, in the process, discovering previously hidden strands of the human narrative which suggests that human evolution is measured not only by the expansion of power over nature, but also by the intensification and extension of empathy to more diverse others across broader temporal and spatial domains.
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The Secret History of Dreaming by Robert Moss
After escaping from slavery in 1849, Harriet Tubman helped organize the Underground Railroad and personally led 300 slaves to freedom. Few history books note that she relied on her dreams to provide specific information about where to find safe houses, helpers, and passages through dangerous territory.
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Bigotry Continues to Fade
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Do you have any idea how many millions of years of amazing events it took to create you?
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The Smartest Perspective Yet on 2012, by Stan Grof
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The paintings of Wassily Kandinsky
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Positive Psychology Is the new Frontier, by Martin Seligman
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Survival of the Kindest: Researchers challenge the idea that human beings are wired to be selfish.
As Darwin long ago surmised, sympathy is our strongest instinct.
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The Mysterious Hexagram on Saturn
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