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  • Is Eliminating Jobs Really ‘Progress’?

    Is Eliminating Jobs Really ‘Progress’?0

    The internet is abuzz with news of Amazon grocery stores, which will allow customers (using the Amazon Go app) to walk in, grab their groceries, and leave without having to check out. Reports say that Amazon eventually plans to open more than 2,000 such stores (though Amazon denies the claim). If that in fact did

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  • How to Actually Learn Latin

    How to Actually Learn Latin0

    A growing number of students and adults today are expressing a desire to learn Latin. For over a thousand years, this ancient language was one of the building blocks of Western education. But in recent decades, there has been a concerted effort to remove Latin from curricula in schools across America and Europe.   This

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  • A Brief Philosophy of Feasting

    A Brief Philosophy of Feasting0

    In one of my favorite books — In Tune With the World: A Theory of Festivity — German philosopher Josef Pieper takes up the question: What is a feast? On this, Thanksgiving Day, it seems worth looking at his answer… Pieper acknowledges that feasts are typically associated with “having a good time.” And what is

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  • Why People Want So Badly to Categorize You

    Why People Want So Badly to Categorize You0

    During the recent election, most of you were probably called either a “conservative” or a “liberal”. And in many cases, this categorization of you was attempted as a subtle, or not-so-subtle, insult. Other examples of backhanded categorizations that may have been hurled at you in recent months include “religious”, “serious”, “foodie”, “homebody”, “hipster”, “crunchy”, or

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