Pourquoi la #Suisse enregistre-t-elle sans cesse des scores élevés dans des classements internationaux comme le World Happiness Report ou le Global Competitiveness Report ? Selon Christian Gattiker, notre Head of Research, il y a cinq raisons fondamentales à cela.
Are mass-produced Buddhist material objects fit to be given as gifts, implemented in rituals, and worshipped on altars ? Read my latest open-access article in Journal of Global Buddhism : “The Aura of Buddhist Material Objects in the Age of Mass-production” https://t.co/ptGXw1OO5B
A long article on the moving story of a young woman looking for her father : Searching for Duke. After years of whispers in her Polish community, Anna learned the truth about her father. And then she decided to go to Sri Lanka to find him. #SriLanka #Tamil
Searching for Duke | Hazlitt
After years of whispers in her Polish community, Anna finally learned the truth about her father. And then she decided to go to Sri Lanka to find him.
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Revenge of the clothes moths : as numbers boom, can they be stopped ? They destroy sweaters, carpets and even wall insulation – and their population has tripled in five years. #moths
Revenge of the clothes moths : as numbers boom, can they be stopped ?
They destroy sweaters, carpets and even wall insulation – and their population has tripled in five years. But there are ways to quell these insatiab…
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Looking for Amish clothes ? If you would like to dress the Amish way, here is a shop for online orders : https://t.co/5DUCkiYMCY #Amish #clothes
3 / Based at the University of Cambridge, the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk is dedicated to the study and mitigation of risks that could lead to human extinction or civilisational collapse. It is also present on Twitter : @CSERCambridge
Centre for the Study of Existential Risk
A Cambridge University interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the study and mitigation of existential risks.
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2 / The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk is a partner of Aeon. A list of available articles on this page : #existentialrisk #catastrophe #collapse
Centre for the Study of Existential Risk | Aeon
Aeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. We publish in-depth essays, incisive articles, and a mix of original and curated videos — free to all.
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1 / To imagine our own extinction is to be able to answer for it. Why was human extinction and existential catastrophe not a topic of conversation and speculation prior to the Enlightenment ? – via @aeonmag #extinction #catastrophe
To imagine our own extinction is to be able to answer for it – Thomas Moynihan | Aeon Essays
Only since the Enlightenment have we been able to imagine humans going extinct. Is it a sign of our maturity as a species ?
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Le 8 août 1786 : première ascension du Mont-Blanc par Jacques Balmat et le docteur Michel Paccard. Et après une statue, on fit même le “premier guide au Mont-Blanc”, une biographie en son honneur (1878). A voir sur Gallica : https://t.co/vODDCKU0vX #exploration #histoire
Raise a glass to this Manhattan winery — the family-run Chateau Latif
Le gouvernement turc détruit plus de 300000 livres
https://t.co/lFEqypkiO4
#turquie #censure #politique
Lors du pèlerinage à la #Mecque, les femmes redoutent les agressions sexuelles
👉 Ni la libération de la parole, ni la loi saoudienne n’ont pour le moment réussi à endiguer ce phénomène.
https://t.co/cLZokeC6VI
A Quarter of Humanity Faces Looming Water Crises. Article with informative maps, including one about world water stress projections (until 2040). https://t.co/i2MVUxgudt #water
How Forest Elephants Help Fight Climate Change. Did you know that elephants are our allies in the fight against climate change ? This is related to elephants’ feeding habits. | Madras Courier #elephants #climate
How Forest Elephants Help Fight Climate Change | Madras Courier
Elephants are messy eaters. Their eating behavior helps store carbon, but their extinction accelerates climate change.
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Sun sets on Sri Lanka’s tour guides. Easter Sunday bombings scare away tourists and leave the tourism sector struggling for survival — La Croix International via @LaCroixInt #SriLanka #tourism
Sun sets on Sri Lanka’s tour guides
Easter Sunday bombings scare away tourists and leave the tourism sector struggling for survival
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Le pari semblait un peu fou à l’époque, mais trois ans plus tard… « Nous transportons environ 1,4 million de passagers par an dans nos trains de nuit, et la tendance est à la hausse » : l’improbable renaissance du train de nuit en Allemagne https://t.co/6KlyvTLKWp
The Crisis is Coming : Syria and the End of the U.S.-Turkish Alliance. “After almost a year of negotiations, the United States and Turkey are no closer to reaching agreement on a proposed “safe zone” along the Turkish-Syrian border.” @WarOnTheRocks #Turkey
The Crisis is Coming : Syria and the End of the U.S.-Turkish Alliance — War on the Rocks
After almost a year of negotiations to resolve differences over the war in Syria, the United States and Turkey are no closer to reaching agreement on …
warontherocks.com
The growing role of private security companies in Africa. https://t.co/6LHkq3I41k #Africa #security
UK train operators to pull out of Interrail. Industry will also leave Eurail scheme for non-EU visitors in 2020, in ‘shocking’ move. #Interail #Eurail #train #railways #UK
UK train operators to pull out of Interrail
Industry will also leave Eurail scheme for non-EU visitors in 2020, in ‘shocking’ move
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Visite de l’exposition « Ombres — de la Renaissance à nos jours » à la Fondation de l’Hermitage à Lausanne. Comme toujours, une belle expérience dans un cadre magnifique. #FondationdelHermitage #exposition #ombre #art #tableaux
The self-centered religion shared by Marianne Williamson and President Trump. The conviction that you can shape the world with your mind is an American tradition — The Washington Post #US #religion #mind #politics https://t.co/xZ9tfy6BV4
Google Chrome 76 est un casse-tête pour la presse en ligne payante — Tech — Numerama
Google Chrome 76 est un casse-tête pour la presse en ligne payante — Tech — Numerama
Google a officialisé Chrome 76 ce 30 juillet 2019, et les sites d’information payants risquent de prendre un coup au niveau de leurs revenus.
www.numerama.com
Buddhist, teacher, predator : dark secrets of the Triratna guru. British-born guru Sangharakshita was mired in allegations of abuse for years. Now it seems the scandal in his wealthy order went far wider than previously acknowledged
Buddhist, teacher, predator : dark secrets of the Triratna guru
British-born guru Sangharakshita was mired in allegations of abuse for years. Now it seems the scandal in his wealthy order went far wider than previo…
www.theguardian.com
Balkans : les Églises orthodoxes ressentent l’onde de choc de l’affaire ukrainienne https://t.co/QWnCHLR7iU #Orthodoxie #Balkans #Ukraine #Monténégro #Macédoine
New book — Sex and Violence in Tibetan Buddhism : The Rise and Fall of Sogyal Rinpoche
Sex and Violence in Tibetan Buddhism : The Rise and Fall of Sogyal Rinpoche
As most of you probably know, the book about Sogyal written by Mary Finnigan and Rob Hogendoorn is available now .The book description follows : This b…
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Another new book on the topic : “Fallout : Recovering from Abuse in Tibetan Buddhism”. Fallout is the memoir of one woman’s journey from ignorance of the reports of physical, emotional and sexual abuse by spiritual teacher Sogyal Rinpoche. https://t.co/njbIuROpui #abuse #Buddhism
