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Escape from Freedom , also titled Fear of freedom
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Hi all! We recently saw the documentary "Crumb", and it's a most fascinating, tragic and intimate portrait of the controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb (and his dysfunctional family). IMDB link here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109508/ I think we all are familiar with least some of the...
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Ex. "Ever wonder whether inflation is much higher than the officially reported figures?" (to the checkout cashier). "Do you think Social Security will collapse within the next generation or less?" "Would't it be cool to be a sentient machine capable of augmenting your own...
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I feel a lot of fear and some paranoia writing this post. I'm afraid family members will find it and attack me for it. But this is important to me, and I want to reach out to this community for support and guidance, and I know the best way to do that is to be honest and vulnerable. I don't want...
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I really wanted to share this really interesting video on Evolutionary Psychology from Reason.tv where they talk about the importance of economics in the understanding of human's evolutionary psychology. They make the argument that the hunter gatherer psychology in the human psyche makes people not...
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[quote user="Wikipedia"]Psychological projection [is] where a person subconsciously denies his or her own attributes, thoughts, and emotions, which are then ascribed to the outside world, usually to other people.[/quote] (My emphasis. I'm not splitting hairs to bicker, but because I'm...
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Hi all. I've read both RTR and NVC, and to me they seem kinda' similar but also different. I'd like to invite you all to discuss this with me. First of all, both seem to boil down (simplifying a bit) to telling you to say what you feel in the moment, listen to what the other person is feeling...
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Does anybody know what is up with this whole hatred toward Nathaniel Branden and his self-esteem books (mostly by Murray Rothbard and Thomas Szasz)? I've been looking around to find criticisms, and I can't help but feel that some of the criticisms toward Mr. Branden are pretty harsh. From what...
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Hello, I'm Chaskin and I'm new to the boards! I'm 18, I live in NY and I wanted to post about a dream I had a few nights ago. Sorry if it's a little foggy. I was being pursued by the police force. My father (in my dream) was chief of police. (I don't remember what I was being pursued...
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Greetings everyone. I'll apologize in advance for this being somewhat long, but I have to tell a little back story before I get to the crux of the problem if I am to hope anyone can offer advice. Like far too many kids, my sister and I are from a "broken" home. Our parents divorced when...