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Tribalism is our most misunderstood buzzword. We’ve all heard pundits bemoan its rise, and it’s been blamed for everything from political polarization to workplace discrimination. But as acclaimed cultural psychologist and Columbia professor Michael Morris argues, our tribal instincts are humanity’s secret weapon. Ours is the only species that lives in tribes: groups glued together by their distinctive cultures that can grow to a scale far beyond clans and bands. Morris argues that our psychology is wired by evolution in three distinctive ways.

In this cornucopia of an anthology, you will find essays by some of the world's most beloved novelists, nonfiction writers, essayists and poets. You will see books taking flight in flocks, migrating around the world, landing in people's hearts and changing them for a day or a year or a lifetime. You will see books sparking wonder or anger; throwing open windows into other languages, other cultures, other minds; causing people to fall in love or to fight for what is right.

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'Mike vs the Machine' is two Mikes, two minds, one clash of man versus machine:Mike 1 is an eccentric full of high-falutin' ideas. Mike A is a down to earth man of the people. Their AI frenemy is just trying to help.Come along with them on a journey into the future! And remember, the future may be digital, but they’ll keep it dumb.

John Wilson (acclaimed arts and culture reporter and journalist, and presenter of Front Row, Newsnight Review and Pick of the Week) meets up with a variety of public figures from such diverse fields as food, mathematics, politics, writing and music, and takes them back to the influential schools, teachers and early workplaces they may have forgotten, but which have not forgotten them.

I den fattige italienske region Calabrien har en landsbys befolkning ønsket, at en afdød ophøjes til helgen. Derfor sender Vatikanet en lærd og fornem monsignore ud for at se tingene an og vurdere situationen. Men kort efter ankomsten viser det sig, at landsbyen ikke er så uskyldsren som først troet. Alle har noget at skjule, og ingen ønsker, at deres hemmeligheder nogensinde ser dagens lys. Den australske forfatter Morris L. West (1916-1999) voksede op i Melbourne som den yngste af seks børn. Som 14-årig blev han en del af en munkeorden.

Welcome to the world of shadows, cloaked in perpetual starlight; its denizens are a mysterious and frightening breed. And sometimes, just sometimes, their eldritch whispers and murmurs can cross the boundaries of reality and enter our darkest dreams. Richard Groller and his troupe of dead and living poets pull back the veil in The Book of Night, revealing the terrifying denizens of the shadows.

The QuackCast features Ozoneocean, Banes, Tantz Aerine, and Pitface, talking about writing, movies, webcomics, art, politics, philosophy, sexuality, and everything else! We're the hosts of the oldest webcomic host on the net, Drunkduck.com, aka theduckwebcomics. 20 years this year!

RV travel involves leaving home in the comfort of doctors dentists and pharmacies you know heading out into places unknown. This podcast will guide You through travel with anticipating and planning for any medical problems that could develop. Having the appropriate medication on board an understanding of how to treat both minor and significant illnesses while traveling. How to avoid illnesses while traveling how to stay healthy while driving so much or more limited in activities.

"Secure Networks: Endace Packet Forensics Files" features interviews with leading cybersecurity and networking experts from companies such as Cisco, Darktrace, Palo Alto Networks, and others. It focuses on the issues that Security, Network Operations and DevOps teams face in securing and managing their networks and applications and provides insights into best practices and future developments.

Wise beyond his years, Brandon understands he's the only one in this world he can count on. It's an outlook that serves him well the day his mama leaves him behind at the Raleigh bus station and sets off to Canada with "her destiny" - the latest man that she hopes will bring her happiness. The day his mother leaves, Brandon takes the first step toward shaping his own destiny. Soon, he finds himself spending pleasant days playing with his cousins on his grandparents' farm and trying to forget the past.

An incisive novelist in the Southern tradition, Michael Morris has garnered comparisons to Harper Lee and Flannery O’Connor. Set during the tumult of World War I, Man in the Blue Moon follows Ella Wallace, a single mother fighting a corrupt banker to keep her family’s ancestral land. So when a mysterious man arrives on her doorstep with promises of help, Ella reluctantly places her trust in him. But it soon becomes clear that things aren’t on the up and up, putting Ella’s land - and her family - in jeopardy