Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Adam’s Rib: Part One
Adam sits by the bank of the River Pison, pleased by his thoughts of the evening before. He had spent much time on his knees in front of his Lord and it had been good. Then his Lord had taken him to His bosom and they had wept together and kissed and the salt had…
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“Remember”
By Al Action, Vendor-Writer Love isn’t overrated. It’s no accident we met. It was a match made in Heaven. Give me a minute of your time. Sit down next to me for a moment. Let’s talk. You think I love you. I think you’re right. You gave me a life I always wanted. A life…
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Something Inside Me
When I tell you this story about an event in my life, just remember, I may be the teller of the story and it deals with something that happened to me but this story is really about them and especially about you. I was eight years old. There were many things that I knew at…
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Where to Go from Here Depends on Accepting Where We Are Now
Finally, Donald Trump is gone. Joe Biden will be our new President, and a woman, a black woman will be our VP. While there is cause for celebration, there is also cause for concern, as well. Yes, the game show host and his clown show have been evicted but not before that parting shot, the…
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“They Were Locked In, We Were Locked Out”: A Story of Lockdown and Homelessness in Harvard Square
It was 22 March 2020. There were about 12 of us living in the shelter. Saturday morning was our last day there. We had no place to go. It would be my first day outside with nothing open, no restrooms, no place to sit and have a hot cup of tea, it really was hard…
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Cambridge-Based TabletConnect Helps Families Worldwide Communicate Face-to-Face During COVID-19
In the early days of pandemic-era social distancing, Steven Trambert realized his family had a serious problem. His 96-year-old grandmother had been in the hospital and, given the high risks of infection facing the elderly, she was suddenly off-limits. His family had no way of getting in to see her face-to-face or, due to her…
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Believing in Second Chances: How One Program is Diversifying the Current Landscape of Education
Written 3/16/2020, published today A program that transforms the negative impacts of criminal punishment, the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI), provides incarcerated individuals higher education opportunities that culminate into degrees from Bard College. As Max Kenner, the executive director of BPI, describes it, the crisis of mass incarceration is the central part of the story of…
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