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SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will continue discussing our book\, Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence by Karen Armstrong\, by reading Part II. This is a book of warfare and conflict followed by reactions by some of empathy and harmony. It’s an Olympics of ruthlessness\, brutality\, compassion\, and sacrifice by the best of the best kings\, emperors\, prophets\, and religious leaders. \nSliding rocks on ice? Slipping around on snow on pieces of wood? Dancing with metal blades on your feet? Read this and you won’t even have to turn on the television.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-42/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:History
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will continue with the book\, Philosophy in the Flesh: the Embodied Mind & Its Challenge to Western Thought\, by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. This is a long book and the group has decided that they do not want to spend more than one or two additional sessions on it. So\, for our March meeting we will tackle Part II\, and for April\, if we still want to discuss the book\, we’ll do Parts III and IV. \nFirst\, however\, it’s important to finish reading Part I\, since this covers the arguments that the authors use as their basic critique in the rest of the book. Then you can start on Part II. Unfortunately\, Part II is about 200 pages long\, and this is far more than we expect you to tackle for one session. (Note that\, as far as philosophical texts go\, this is not difficult reading – just long.) So instead\, we encourage you to choose what you find most interesting or important in Part II and read that. Or you can graze\, picking up interesting items that you can use as you move through the section. One thing this book has demonstrated so far is that it is capable of generating a lot of discussion. And that’s probably the one thing that philosophers are consistently really good at. \n 
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-46/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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SUMMARY:Futures Study Group
DESCRIPTION:A volume that provides a broad overview of the coming webinars. \nA very good set of studies that deal with anticipation and futures is the series RethinkX (https://www.rethinkx.com/).\nMany of the series are available as a free download. The one that serves as a general intro for the March 16th meetup and beyond is Tubb\, Catherine\, and Tony Seba\, Rethinking Food and Agriculture 2020-2030 (https://www.rethinkx.com/food-and-agriculture) It provides a good insight to how one thinks about the future around one subject area \nThe report on energy is a wraparound of the previous webinars as is the one on “implications” focusing on climate change with some ideas on how to reduce the impact.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/futures-study-group/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Futures
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SUMMARY:Reducing Social\, Economic and Ecological Stress with the Genuine Progress Indicator
DESCRIPTION:The dominate economic signal on Earth\, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)\, is inaccurate and dangerous in relation to our overall well-being and sustainability on Earth\, while the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) would signal a long-term healthy path. \nKen Pentel will show the differences between these two measurements in relation to: \nOur primary economic signal\nEcocide\nSocial\, economic and environmental conditions\nHuman migration patterns\nLegislative policy \nFor 36 years Ken Pentel has been a grassroots organizer and candidate for public office in Minnesota. In 1986 Ken started working with Greenpeace and then in 1996 he transitioned to become an all-purpose organizer with the Green Party of Minnesota. He was endorsed as the Green Party of Minnesota candidate for Governor in 1998\, 2002\, and 2006. In 2008 Ken left the Green Party to start the nonpartisan Ecology Democracy Network. After bicycling over 6\,000 miles in Minnesota doing outreach and education\, the mandates of the Network took shape. In May of 2010\, along with Erin Wallace (now Erin Smith) as his Lieutenant Governor\, Ken was endorsed to run for Governor of Minnesota on the Ecology Democracy Party ticket. As of January 2022 Ken continues to develop the projects of the Ecology Democracy Network. \n 
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/reducing-social-economic-and-ecological-stress-with-the-genuine-progress-indicator/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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