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Do we have the power to overcome our ‘learned helplessness’?

To what extent are we encouraged to think of ourselves as free and self-determining individuals, whilst in reality being restricted both overtly and insidiously by our institutional frameworks? If this is our state in contemporary society, are we losing our capability for true freedom of thought and action? Do we defer to institutions for leadership [...]
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A money-free world

When Time magazine announced “The Protester” as 2011 Person of the Year, we had to ask: Is this a signal of radical worldwide change? Did something special start to stir in 2011? Certainly 1911 was such a momentous year: cities fell like dominoes across China so that, on New Year’s Day 1912, Sun Yat-sen became [...]
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