Actually, it seems like not very many Americans use either of those terms, according to this study by Derrik Watson, who traced the geographic distribution of names for contiguous flows of water in the United States. It’s certainly an interesting look at the lasting differences in the way that various regions of the country describe […]
The most thorough look at this issue from the perspective here is Thomas Homer-Dixon’s The Upside of Down. He argues “that our circumstances today are surprisingly like Rome’s in key ways. Our societies are also becoming steadily more complex and often more rigid. This is happening partly because we’re trying to manage-often with limited success-stresses […]
A second factor is what is called habituation or the hedonic treadmill. People adapt or habituate to their new incomes. Layard explains this in Happiness: “When I get a new home or a new car, I am excited at first. But then I get used to it, and my mood tends to revert to where […]
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Your final quiz for debate class will cover the basic concepts of existentialism and the philosophers we’ve studied in the past week. Make sure that you remember to bring a note card and study, as this will be a challenging quiz. Review notes on: basics of existentialism Sartre Camus Malraux Kirkegaard Nietzsche