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Newsletter Nr. 594
Amsterdam, December 17th, 2015

THE DIRTY SECRETS BEHIND THE NEW PARIS CLIMATE CONFERENCE (COP21) AGREEMENT THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW - LAWRENCE WOLLERSHEIM

Strong, smart adults do not want to be fed false hopes, false targets or false facts. They want to know the way things really are so that they can adapt to or effectively manage what actually is there. If you would like to quickly cut through the Paris Climate Conference media spin as well as other greenwashing from the poorly informed concerning the Paris agreement and results, keep reading...

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http://www.integralworld.net/wollersheim6.html


INTEGRAL OVERSTRETCH, SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION, AND UNBRIDLED NARCISSISM - ELLIOT BENJAMIN

A few months ago there was a widely publicized murder of a television reporter and cameraman in the United States. This murder received a tremendous amount of publicity, in particular because the actual murder was captured on video for millions of people to watch on their television sets, as purposely and successfully planned out in detail by the killer. As I read about this horrific murder I came across an explanation of the phenomenon of people wanting to be “famous” by publicizing their aggressive acts, including severe beatings and murders, on videos for millions of people to watch.

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http://www.integralworld.net/benjamin77.html


TELEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES AND THE PRE/TRANS FALLACY OF INTEGRAL THEORY - WILLIAM HARRYMAN

Teleology is an account of a given thing's purpose. For example, Aristotle argued that the purpose of an acorn, its intrinsic telos, is to become an oak tree. This is intrinsic teleology. [A purpose imposed by human use, such as a fork’s extrinsic purpose is to make eating certain foods easier, is extrinsic teleology.] Natural teleology contends that natural entities have intrinsic purposes, irrespective of human use or opinion.

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http://www.integralworld.net/harryman1.html