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Reverie Archive
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Freedom?
More choice does not mean more freedom. The ability to choose wisely without regret is what makes one free and truely content. And is not real freedom a mere feeling of being able to do what one likes without feeling guilty that another choice might have been better. ?! On another note, I have only two [...] -
Pflicht
Für die PflichtWird garDas MenschseinZumTiersein, undDas TierseinDes MenschseinsZumKriegsein. -
Wouldn’t you rather…?
… be somewhere else right now?… do something else instead? I watched something interesting a while ago, in which a guy was talking about the Western Dogma. It says that the more choices there are, the more freedom the individual can enjoy. This is not true, however. More choices simply cause paralysis. When you buy a [...] -
The Beauty and the Beast?
After having taken an Anthropology course on Gender issues, I’ve become much more attentive towards gender disparities in our societies across the globe. Whether there really is the so-called ‘glass ceiling’ or not, the fact that men dominate women in virtually every culture, or all those culturally created differences in behaviour and language – gender [...] -
links und rechts. ach… wo sind wir denn?
“Wer ist denn noch rechts, und, ja, wer ist denn noch links in unserem Lande?”hatte sich gerade der Moderator von ‘hart aber fair’ in ARD gefragt.Und, scheinbar, laut Umfrage, sind Menschen die links sind, unzufriedener als jene die rechts sind. Das ist aufschlussreich wenn man das Folgende studiert: -
food
“Food production has existed less than one percent of the time Homo has spent on earth. However, it has produced huge social differences.”We should possibly stop eating. -
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Time?
Weeks go by as if they were nothing. It has been 3 weeks already since I came back from Africa! And still I haven’t found the time to start with my report about it or think about my presentation I’ll hold in a month. And now… …discussing about assumptions instead of just going out and experiencing it… …university [...] -
ARI Music CD
Fertig zum kostenlosen Download: Die ARI Musik CD – mit Musik aus 14 verschiedenen Ländern, alles live. + Bilder! Ready for free download: the ARI Music CD – containing music from 14 different countries, all live. + Pictures! > www.japan.denniskeller.net/cd