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YouTube - Sam Harris SALT - 0 views

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    December 9th, 02005 - Sam Harris"The View From The End Of The World"This is an audio only presentation. This talk took place in the Conference Center Golden Gate Room, San Francisco. Quote: With gentle demeanor and tight argument, Sam Harris carried an overflow audience into the core of one of the crucial issues of our time: What makes some religions lethal? How do they employ aggressive irrationality to justify threatening and controlling non-believers as well as believers? What should be our response? Harris began with Christianity. In the US, Christians use irrational arguments about a soul in the 150 cells of a 3-day old human embryo to block stem cell research that might alleviate the suffering of millions. In Africa, Catholic doctrine uses tortured logic to actively discourage the use of condoms in countries ravaged by AIDS. "This is genocidal stupidity," Harris said. Faith trumps rational argument. Common-sense ethical intuition is blinded by religious metaphysics. In the US, 22% of the population are CERTAIN that Jesus is coming back in the next 50 years, and another 22% think that it's likely. The good news of Christ's return, though, can only occur following desperately bad news. Mushroom clouds would be welcomed. "End time thinking," Harris said, "is fundamentally hostile to creating a sustainable future." Harris was particularly critical of religious moderates who give cover to the fundamentalists by not challenging them. The moderates say that all is justified because religion gives people meaning in their life. "But what would they say to a guy who believes there's a diamond the size of a refrigerator buried in his backyard? The guy digs out there every Sunday with his family, cherishing the meaningthe quest gives them." "I've read the books," Harris said. "God is not a moderate." The Bible gives strict instructions to kill various kinds of sinners, and their relatives, and on occasion their entire towns. Yet slavery is challenged nowhere in the New or
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Youthful Eclecticism! - 0 views

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    ALLARTSDESIGN gives holiday goers a taste of pop-culture with its newly designed retro-futuristic café in Sochi, Russia
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New York Public Library unveils early designs of renovation plans - 0 views

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    Mecanoo-led renovation will give New Yorkers a completely new Mid-Manhattan Library by end of 2019! Check out the new features on the anvil.
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'Must-sees' that top the Kochi-Muziris Biennale list! - 0 views

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    With the third edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale opening its intriguing thematic doors on December 12, 2016, IAnD gives you a peek into what you absolutely MUST NOT miss! Check it out here!
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Schulen Fernandes dons the creative mantle! - 0 views

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    Schulen Fernandes, the much-talked-about protégé of fashion guru Wendell Rodricks believes in wearability beyond the ramp. Is this new kid on the block going to give us some pragmatic high fashion? Read her interview with indiaartndesign.com to find out…
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Sense of place: experiential art! - 0 views

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    Artist Marc van Vliet's installation gives us a chance to explore sea life at Wadden Sea up close and personal
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Glifo - empowering the neurologically challenged! - 0 views

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    Rehab essentials for neurologically challenged kids, the Glifo writing and drawing tools aim at giving them a second chance at life. Read here and leave us your thoughts…
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'Drift' - Nature… Engineered!! - 0 views

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    Visually stimulating scenarios give a fillip to the place as well as the onlooker. Check out innovative surface designer, Giles Miller's latest finish that simulates nature...
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A Sustainable Core - 0 views

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    Working with natural materials need not mean a compromise with contemporary settings. Check out this upbeat office and give us your views...
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Making Art from Scrap - 0 views

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    Artist Ashok Kumar Varma lends an all new vocabulary to art of collages. Check it out and give us your feedback...
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YouTube - Living in the End Times According to Slavoj Zizek - 0 views

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    Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek, akaThe Elvis of cultural theory, is given the floor to show of his polemic style and whirlwind-like performance. The Giant of Ljubljana is bombarded with clips of popular media images and quotes by modern-day thinkers revolving around four major issues: the economical crisis, environment, Afghanistan and the end of democracy. Zizek grabs the opportunity to ruthlessly criticize modern capitalism and to give his view on our common future. We communists are back! is the closing remark of Slavoj Zižeks provocative performance. Our current capitalist system, that everyone believed would be smoothly spread around the globe, is untenable. We find ourselves on the brink of big problems that call for big solutions. Whatever is left of the left, has been hedged in by western liberal democracy and seems to lack the energy to come up with radical solutions. Not Zižek. Interview: Chris Kijne Director: Marije Meerman Production: Mariska Schneider /Pepijn Boonstra Research: Marijntje Denters/Maren Merckx Commissioning editors: Henneke Hagen/Jos de Putter
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Gamer Revolution | Watch Free Documentary Online - 0 views

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    Computer games are a global phenomenon and a $25 billion a year industry. Over 800 million people worldwide are regular players. Gamer Revolution looks past the hype, paranoia and hoopla to explore the real stories behind the computer game revolution. Gamer Revolution explores how computer games are not only changing the world, but giving rise to a new version of life itself. The line between the real world and the virtual world is disappearing. Millions of people feel that they have a life inside these games and that it's better than their real life. Gamer Revolution takes viewers around the world from Asia to the heart of the Middle East in search of the most mind-bending stories from the cutting edge of the game revolution. It also features interviews with gamers and game developers including Will Wright, creator of the wildly popular life simulation game, The Sims. Just how pervasive has gaming become? The US army uses video games to train new recruits and to simulate real-life battle situations in preparation for combat. In Korea, computer nerds are the sex symbols of the 21st century. In Syria, a developer has designed an extremely popular shooter game in which the player gets to kill Israeli soldiers. Every year, the biggest companies in the industry try to out-do each other in an effort to create buzz for their games. It's a high-stakes business. The development cost of a new game has almost tripled in a decade. Eighty percent of games fail in the first year, but for those who succeed, the payoff is huge.
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America Is NOT Broke - 0 views

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    America is not broke. Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks and the portfolios of the uber-rich. Today just 400 Americans have more wealth than half of all Americans combined. Let me say that again. 400 obscenely rich people, most of whom benefited in some way from the multi-trillion dollar taxpayer "bailout" of 2008, now have more loot, stock and property than the assets of 155 million Americans combined. If you can't bring yourself to call that a financial coup d'état, then you are simply not being honest about what you know in your heart to be true.
Chiki Smith

Relationship Advice for Troubled Couples - 1 views

People having relationship problems need good relationships advice. They need help to be able to think the right way and decide what the best way to solve the issues. If they have cheating partners...

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Dynamism in Design - 0 views

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    ArteCharpentier & Abciss-Architectes propose a dynamic iconic structure on the Paris waterfront, giving it more power without concealing the sea view and providing instant appeal to the visitors. http://globalhop.indiaartndesign.com/2015/01/dynamism-in-design.html
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Blanc Papier - Origami-like Shroud - 0 views

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    Defying the straight-lined assemblage of four walls and a roof above, this residence in Greenfield Park, Montreal, is a sculptural composition that spreads in simple geometrical forms giving rise to a series of optical illusions... Check it out here...
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Set Design or Structural Architecture? Or two ends of the same Rainbow? - 0 views

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    "Stage and set design, and structural architecture are simply two ends of the same rainbow," says Mark Fisher of Stufish Entertainment Architects. Agree/ disagree? Check out their latest offerings in Wuhan and give us your views...http://globalhop.indiaartndesign.com/2015/01/set-design-or-structural-architecture.html
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Lucknow Memorial Gate: An ecologically viable footprint! - 0 views

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    How necessary are historic references in a contemporary architectural landmark? Why? Check out the proposed design for the Lucknow Memorial Gate and give us your feedback…
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Why You Should Apply With 90 Day Loans At The Time Of Cash Crisis? | 90 ... - 0 views

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    They are gives you best fiscal solution for your emergency need with ease!
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