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Far is Near; Near is Far - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  3 comments
Americ Azevedo & Mike Scott begin with Heidegger's thought on "far and near" and expand to a full range of related subjects.
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Effortless Desires - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  7 comments
We effortlessly desire truth, beauty, and wisdom because our souls are made of truth, beauty, and wisdom. The deep charm of meditation is that it opens doors to the soul...
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I've got to wonder - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  3 comments
With everything changing so fast - it's a challenge to have hope.
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Zen, Love and Values - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  3 comments
serenity / the American dream/ greed/ spiritual materialism/ mastery/ love of wisdom/ value/ Nietzsche / revaluation of values/ market forces as "gods"/ money/ dogmatism / and more...
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Naked Ladies - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  3 comments
A sighting of "naked ladies" upon my morning walk.
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Paradox of Possessions - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  3 comments
It’s been said, "He who dies with the most toys, wins!" This is both true and not true. Some say, “Money does not matter,” but quietly and privately we fear poverty. Fear of homelessness, hunger, and a drop in social status drives many to an insane focus on money—at any cost.
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Truth wealth realization is needed - now - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  4 comments
We are born with true wealth, but constantly forget to realize the wealth we already have.
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Wind & Fire Dialogues - Getting Started - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  1 comment
being real / special experience / birth of the church / why institutions distort reality / judgements & spiritual ego / "the right way" / the beginning of dogma / and more...
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De-Materialization of Money - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  2 comments
The de-materialization of money started with paper money. Originally, paper money was "backed" by gold, silver or other tangible items. Later, we removed the "backing" or base of the money. Effectively, debasing the money.
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Building a Conversation with 500 Students - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  3 comments
Americ Azevedo had 500 students in his Introduction to Computers course at the University of California, Berkeley. Despite that, his teaching philosophy embodies the principles of the Socratic method.
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Computers Don't Teach -- People Teach - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  6 comments
Most distance education is training, not education.
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Technology and the Meaning of Life - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  5 comments
Students at universities become mainly focused on "practical knowledge" that leads to high paid jobs. The values by which we guide our technological development and application become afterthoughts. We must wonder if technology now controls human life more than humans control technology.
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Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  4 comments
"Who's" or "what's" using whom?
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With what do you buy your money? - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  0 comments
Many years ago, I was giving a talk on wisdom in the world. At the end of the talk, I was approached by an old man.
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Between Birth and Death - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  0 comments
Life happens between the top and the bottom of the waterfall. Birth is that moment we become separate, the span of a life is the time we fall as individual drops of water...
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Mystical Woodland Walks - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  0 comments
Sometimes I find life kind of overwhelming. On those days, I really like to go to the woods.
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Buckminster Fuller's Final Vision - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  1 comment
Buckminster Fuller was one of the most inventive and socially aware engineers of the 20th century. Time, money and love where factors in his daily deliberations. "Doing more with less" was a human value as well as engineering value.
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Life in the media cave - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  2 comments
Media consumption is now the major American activity. We spend about 69% of our waking hours consuming media.
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Declaration of Human Unity - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  2 comments
I have a friend who for over 30 years has traveled the world getting well known people to sign a "declaration of human unity".
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Swirls of stories - Americ Azevedo My Real Name  2 comments
Most of what we “know” comes from stories about places, people, and things outside what we directly experience. Stories extend our range beyond our own finite life.
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