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Browsing the Web I Discover the Annotated Bibliography of Timothy Leary on the Open Library

Link for this Post: Read the Annotated Bibliography of Timothy Leary at the Open Library In  April 1995,  I moderated a panel at an event called the Whole Life Expo in San Fransisco, California called “The Future of Consciousness.” Among the panel members was Timothy Leary. There was quite a bit of attention on Dr. Leary that afternoon. Earlier in the day, at his own workshop at the annual expo, Leary had announced to the world that he had untreatable, and most likely terminal Prostate Cancer. I wanted to give Tim a good introduction, so when it was my turn to Read more »

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By Bruce Eisner

Wisdom 2.0 Summit Mt. View, CA April 30 – May1st — Where the Wise Guys (and Gals) of Silcon Valley Gather

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We knew that search engine advertising and Social Software sales could make you rich. But until now, we did not know that those revenues could equal wisdom.

After all the name Google is pretty close to God in the English Lexicon and you can play the Zen Enlightenment game on Facebook  . . . but I thought that was a scam. Until I got an email from Mallika Chopra telling me about Wisdom 2.0 to be held in Mountain View California at the Computer History Museum April 30 to May 1st.

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By Bruce Eisner

Memes for the Making of a New Culture — A Work in Progress Part 1

In my post in November about my mother’s passing Remembering My Mother, I related about how a dream at age four provided as way of thinking about those early years of my life, the ones that hardly anyone remembers anything about.

I am going to be 62 in February and so I have gone through a lot of my life, much of which seemed like endless mid-life crises and reached maturity. In terms of The 12 Stages of Life by Bruce Carnahan, I have arrived at Stage 9 called which he calls Reflection.

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Brainz: Greymatter at Its Best Lives Up to Its Name

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It strains creadabity to read such a … brain bulging title. The webmaster must have swelled head as well, you think to yourself.

when you read the title but the site delivers and keeps on delivering."What does it deliver?" you ask, almost afraid to hear the answer.

"Well, I answer succinctly, "Its got top lists — lots and lots of top lists."

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By Bruce Eisner