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    Searching for Place in an Increasingly Hyper-Digital and Disembodied World

    Internet dependency and the growth of AI reveal a choice-point about place and belonging: to be natural or remain in programmed states of collective trauma.

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    Finding Self-Worth in a Capitalist World as an “Unsuccessful Entrepreneur”

    What does self-worth mean in a capitalist world? An interruption is needed because the capitalist mind cannot compute the idea of pricelessness.

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    If Knowledge is Power, Why is Academia Such a Disempowering Place?

    When knowledge production is fueled by uncertainty and university-endorsed values are based on judgements, we are building a society of fear and shame.

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    How the Illusion of Landownership, Misplaced Potentiality, and a Debt-Based Paradigm Created the Global Housing Crisis

    One of the most talked about social issues is the housing crisis. From the perspective of ecopsychology, this crisis mirrors the homelessness of our self-worth.

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    Nature and Nurture: An Ethic of Flourishing

    Every living being has different needs. An ethic of flourishing provides a non-judgmental framework for autonomous choice-making within constrained systems.

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