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Web of Belief and Ritual

July 09th, 2008 | Category: academic

Wade Davis makes the point: cultures are facets of the human experience. There is no pinnacle of culture, no culture that sits at the apex of a metaphorical pyramid. Each has something of value to share as part of the story of what it means to be human.

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I'm a PhD student in IST at Penn State. My research interests focus on the nexus of cognition, culture, and technology, and are generally apparent in the content of this blog. Read more about me. I can be reached at djsaab@djsaab.info or djsaab@gmail.com.
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"There are plenty of good reasons for fighting," I said, "but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too. Where's evil? It's that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side.
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Mother Night, 1961

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