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Interview with Virginia Heffernan on Edge, the dangers of Scientism, & Culture Wars

Decoding the Gurus

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I I, I Went From the Good People to the Bad People.

i always think the complexity of the history of the cultures, that's the part that i liked from anthropology. There is a stark division in anthropology between essentially the kind of social anthropologist where post modern critical theory dominated and and annoys people. I did some tracing when i was there two years ago with my son, and just meeting people that share my name. And maybe i could find some physiognomy, or imagine that, you know, this is a spiritual tradition that i at least have some more connection to than i do to yoga. So it's what you said, we can all live on and we can talk sometimes. Raed.

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