A. de la Paz
@adelapaz.bsky.social
Asst. prof, BUPardeeSchool | PhD, Columbia PolSci | war, psychology, history, international law and ethics, religion and conflict, human oddities, and more | columbia.edu/~ad3085/
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Patterns recur through various mythologies: floods, tricksters, battles with monsters, creation and apocalypse. Some scholars believe there is a common source—and hope to find it.
The Hunt for the World’s Oldest Story
From thunder gods to serpent slayers, scholars are reconstructing myths that vanished millennia ago. How much further can we go—and what might we find?
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October 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Patterns recur through various mythologies: floods, tricksters, battles with monsters, creation and apocalypse. Some scholars believe there is a common source—and hope to find it.
Reposted by A. de la Paz
Farewell to a comrade-in-arms, a fierce advocate, a fellow critical philosopher, a man of faith and ethics: Thomas Anthony Durkin. Your life and your struggles will guide us now. May we live up to them and to your memory. Farewell.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/u...
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Thomas A. Durkin, Civil Liberties Lawyer for the Reviled, Dies at 78
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July 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Farewell to a comrade-in-arms, a fierce advocate, a fellow critical philosopher, a man of faith and ethics: Thomas Anthony Durkin. Your life and your struggles will guide us now. May we live up to them and to your memory. Farewell.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/u...
Interesting: "Time Tools" - Cooperrider - Topics in Cognitive Science onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Time Tools
Humans understand time in a way no other animal does. This is not because of our evolved biology, however—it is because we have developed a diverse and powerful toolkit of ideas, practices, and artif...
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May 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Interesting: "Time Tools" - Cooperrider - Topics in Cognitive Science onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....