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Tag Archives: toxic cultural norms
Dr. Gabor Maté on Donald Trump, Traumaphobia & Compassion – John Lavitt
https://www.thefix.com/dr-gabor-mate-donald-trump-traumaphobia-and-compassion-interview ‘…a few days ago, I met a young woman who was an emergency room physician in Detroit, and she had graduated from medical school in Michigan. Although I knew the answer, I asked her how many lectures she had … Continue reading →
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Paul Gordon on unfettered capitalism & coercive conformity
‘The past two decades have witnessed unprecedented changes in the economic and political organisation of the world. We live, we are constantly told, in the era of globalisation, a euphemism for the triumph throughout the world of the so-called free … Continue reading →
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