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			<title><![CDATA[ Howard Bloom chat transcript from March 6th, 2003 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:navy;">connected: ezChat version 0.50<br>
howbloom:: the lord of the rings trilogy<br>
howbloom:: hi, chris<br>
Chris OConnor:: Hello folks<br>
Jeremy1952 joined<br>
howbloom:: hi jeremy<br>
MichaelangeloGlossolalia:: yeah, great timing for it, with looming war etc.<br>
Chris OConnor:: Hey Howard! <br>
howbloom:: i have about 30 books in the computer<br>
Jeremy1952:: Hi Dr. Bloom<br>
Jeremy1952:: welcome back!<br>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New Guy Peter Nordquist/Nordavinci ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Greetings,<br>
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   &quot;Humanism&quot; brings to mind &quot;Godism&quot; and &quot;Materialism&quot; or God, Mankind, and Nature. God and Nature are similar to the Yang and the Yin, which are similar to Purusha (SatChitAnanda) and Prakriti(SatRajTam), with mankind being the resultant of these, as well as mediator between the vertical and the horizontal dimensions. Vertical would be parent/child. Horizontal would be husband/wife. Brother/sister would be secondary horizontal to the... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Which book did you enjoy more? ]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Enhanced evolution ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Looking at the book as a whole, one idea Bloom should have emphasized more was that considering evolution as a system larger than the force of a selfish gene does not contradict individual selection or the theory of evolution itself.  Looking at a bigger picture actually strengthens the theory of evolution by showing how natural and social forces, in addition to random mutations and individual gene selection enhance and accelerate the process of evolution.  Some of these enhancements could be... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Chat with Howard Bloom is coming fast! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Be sure to plug into your calendars the chat with Howard Bloom on Thursday, March 6, 2003 at 9:00pm EST!!! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->  <br>
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Howard Bloom has confirmed with me that he will be returning to the BookTalk chat room for another chat session on Thursday, March 6 at 9:00pm EST for a discussion of <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Global Brain</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->. Mark your calendars! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->  <br>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:maroon;"><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Global Brain</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> consists of 21 chapters total, so I'm creating 7 seperate threads breaking the book into 3 chapter segments. Hopefully this format will keep the discussion somewhat organized and on track. You do <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>not</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> need to keep your discussions within these 7 threads.</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:maroon;"><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Global Brain</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> consists of 21 chapters total, so I'm creating 7 seperate threads breaking the book into 3 chapter segments. Hopefully this format will keep the discussion somewhat organized and on track. You do <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>not</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> need to keep your discussions within these 7 threads.</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Polygamy in Beirut - a MUST read! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Everyone</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<br>
I'm not sure where to post this, but I know it will get read in this forum. We have a <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>&quot;News&quot;</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> forum, but it seems very few people ever check what is posted there. I see the number of people who have <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>&quot;viewed&quot;</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> each thread and it makes me realize I might be wasting my time posting... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Happy New Year! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ No real message other than that! I look forward to an awesome year here at BookTalk. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :smokin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->  <br>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Who wants to be the discussion leader for this forum? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Who wants to be the discussion leader for this forum?</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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If you feel you will be active in this discussion and can post regularly please volunteer to be the discussion leader for our reading and discussion of <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Global Brain</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->. You do NOT have to make lengthy posts and respond to every person to keep the conversation flowing. All you should do is post regularly, ask... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Michael Shermer on Howard Bloom's &quot;Global Brain&quot; ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Head Trips <br>
By Michael Shermer<br>
<br>
Washington Post Book World, Sunday , 2000 October 22; Page X13 <br>
<br>
GLOBAL BRAIN: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the<br>
21st CenturyBy Howard BloomWiley. 370 pp. $27.95<br>
<br>
If fossils are the key to recovering a lost past, then words are<br>
living fossils, revealing both origin and meaning. In modern<br>
Greece, for example, moving vans and luggage carts proclaim<br>
&quot;metaphora&quot; on their sides, from the ancient... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ The below links may be of interest to each of us as we read Howard Blooms <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>&quot;Global Brain&quot;</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> over the next few months. I'm not going to explain each link as they should be self-explanatory fairly quickly.<br>
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Just know that Bloom originated the new discipline of paleo-bio-socio-psychology or paleopsychology. Check out <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.paleopsych.org/" target="top">The International Paleopsychology... ]]></description>

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