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Humans Need Not Apply

Posted by | Published on August 14, 2014

We need to start thinking now what do we do when large sections of the population are unemployable through no fault of their own.  What […] 

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The solitary walker: travelling and learning

Posted by | Published on August 10, 2013

Walking, ideally, is a state in which the mind, the body, and the world are aligned, as though they were three characters finally in conversation […] 

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