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Reversing Death?
When “Death Takes a Holiday” as it did in the 1934 comedy-drama, no one could die. People in hospitals, those who were shot or hurt, and many others hovered in the area between death and life. Although the movie is a love story, one comes away with the idea that death is necessary. Now, decades…
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Tax Havens For Millionaires
According to those who track such numbers, in 2012 there were 12 million millionaires in the world with combined assets of $46.2 trillion. That was 10% more than the previous year, but regardless of how much more it may be, the issue for these millionaires is how to avoid paying taxes. Now that there has…
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Faster Not Better
German Sociologist Harmut Rosa has recently published “Acceleration and Alienation” an essay about his idea that acceleration has become a key concept of our age. He makes a distinction between what he terms mechanical acceleration, or how long it takes us to do something and the pace of social change, the acceleration of daily life.…
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