Posts with the tag "spirituality"

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Failed Attempts at Being You


I keep encountering this quote and keep liking it, so here it is:
"The world in which you were born is just one model of reality.
Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit." --Wade Davis
I'm not sure I have much more to add, beyond some [...]

Book Review Shorts: Spycraft, Religion, and Conspiracy


Quick reviews of three books I've taken in lately:

Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to al-Qaeda by Wallace, Melton and SchleshingerFascinating, scary, and geeky. With great diagrams and photographs explaining how spy devices were constructed and worked, and with interesting stories about various successes and failures, all told from the [...]