Stories tagged with "learning"

The Role of Service in this Community?

Posted by Prof. Goose on August 9, 2009 - 10:40am in The Oil Drum: Campfire
Topic: Sociology/Psychology
Tags: learning, service, volunteering [list all tags]

Nate is traveling and asked me to put together a campfire for this weekend. Now, dear reader, please keep in mind that I've not written a piece in a while, and never one of these...so be gentle. :)

I realized that I'd been thinking about something quite important and related to the Campfire theme for a while now: the role of service as it relates to this community and its purpose. So, let's talk about it.

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I am Human, I'm American, and I'm Addicted to Oil...

Posted by Nate Hagens on February 4, 2008 - 9:55am
Topic: Demand/Consumption
Tags: addiction, consumption, demand, dopamine, evolution, exponential growth, habituation, ipat, learning [list all tags]

ARE WE ADDICTED TO OIL?






An advertisement for BMW cars -and freedom, and power, and sex, and status.... (Click to enlarge)

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