Decoding the Tradition
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The Temporal Community (Part 1)
By Asher Crispe: March 4, 2011 : CategoryDecoding the Tradition, Inspirations
tagged: community, Elias Cannetti, Megaleh Amukot
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The Temporal Community (Part 2)
By Asher Crispe: : CategoryDecoding the Tradition, Inspirations
tagged: community, Emmanuel Levinas, Franz Rosenzweig, Jean-Paul Sartre, Marc-Alain Ouaknin
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Lost (and Found) in Translation
By Asher Crispe: February 18, 2011 : CategoryDecoding the Tradition, Inspirations
tagged: language, Maharal of Prague, translation, Walter Benjamin
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Expanding Space and Time
By Asher Crispe: December 30, 2010 : CategoryDecoding the Tradition, Inspirations
tagged: Cisco, Derrida, Einstein, Gandalf, Iphone, Kabbalah, Kurzweil, McLuhan, Shadowfax, Skype, space, Tele-technologies, Telepresence, time
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Beyond the Body, More or Less
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The Plagues of the Heart and Mind (Part 11)
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The Plagues of the Heart and Mind (Part 11)
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Beyond the Body, More or Less
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Beyond the Body, More or Less
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Beyond the Body, More or Less
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Beyond the Body, More or Less
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Plagues of the Heart and Mind (Part 6)
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Plagues of the Heart and Mind (Part 1)
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Position, Measurement and Observation (Part 5)
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The Power of Networks (Part 12)
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The Whole-Half Self (Part 7)
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Night Music
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The Whole-Half Self (Part 1)
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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The Power of Networks (Part 1)
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The Power of Networks (Part 1)
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Relationship Differences: Fusion and De/fusion (Part 16)
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Inception: A Kabbalistic Take on the Film (Part 4)
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Inception: A Kabbalistic Take on the Film (Part 4)
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Inception: A Kabbalistic Take on the Film (Part 4)
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Inception: A Kabbalistic Take on the Film (Part 4)
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Circus of Dreams (Part 19)
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Sacrificial Heterologies (Part 1)
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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How We Choose to Invest: Margin Call (The Movie)
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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Four Existential Questions (Part 1)
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Four Existential Questions (Part 1)
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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Four Existential Questions (Part 1)
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Determinism and Freewill are Brothers (Part 1)
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Four Existential Questions (Part 1)
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Freedom to Question (Part Two)
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Freedom to Question (Part Two)
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Freedom to Question (Part Two)
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Freedom to Question (Part Two)
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How We Choose to Invest: Margin Call (The Movie)
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Determinism and Freewill are Brothers (Part 1)
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Determinism and Freewill are Brothers (Part 1)
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Determinism and Freewill are Brothers (Part 2)
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The Temporal Community (Part 1)
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Suspected Alien Life
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Lost (and Found) in Translation
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Comparative Worldviews in Social Science
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The Forest: a short film
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The Forest: a short film
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Suspected Alien Life
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Upgrading the (Video) Game of Life
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Ken Wilber: Theories of Consciousness (Part One)
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Upgrading the (Video) Game of Life
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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The Forest: a short film
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The Forest: a short film
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Suspected Alien Life
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Suspected Alien Life
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Expanding Space and Time
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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Move to Think
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Theory, Imagination & Practice…Squared
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Expanding Space and Time
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Comparative Worldviews in Social Science
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Design Diversity: The Meaning of 613 Commandments
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Design Diversity: The Meaning of 613 Commandments
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Ken Wilber: Theories of Consciousness (Part One)
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Life Changing Eating Habits
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Design Diversity: The Meaning of 613 Commandments
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