But these religious forms of technology exist alongside a willingness to recognise the limitations of human power and control, and the need to be receptive to something beyond ourselves. « Lacanian Works

But these religious forms of technology exist alongside a willingness to recognise the limitations of human power and control, and the need to be receptive to something beyond ourselves.

by Julia Evans on November 15, 2010

from ‘ What philosophy tells us about the happiness index : Thinkers from Bentham to Heidegger saw measuring happiness as more than just a box-ticking exercise’

by Clare Carlisle

The Guardian, Monday 15 November 2010

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