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The changing nature of news offers a diversity of voices, sources, and choice... and lets anyone join in global and local conversations.
2006-01-02
mobile journalism direct democracy diversity crowd communicationis a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers building a publicly accessible online archive of ALL documented human languages.
What aspects of religion should atheists (respectfully) adopt? Alain de Botton suggests a "religion for atheists" -- call it Atheism 2.0 -- that incorporates religious forms and traditions to satisfy our human need for connection, ritual and transcendence.
2011-07
Alain de Botton religion atheism video TED education belief ritual morality consolation psychology sermon repetition boredom time calendar philosophy story oratory church art cathedral museum love fear faith mosque temple propaganda manipulation collaboration community individual nature universe mystical virtue diversity prayer disagreementFacebook, YouTube and even texting will be the salvation of many of the world's endangered languages.
2012-02-18
language extinction social network diversityThe decline of linguistic and cultural diversity is linked to the loss of biodiversity, a study has suggested. The authors said that 70% of the world's languages were found within the planet's biodiversity hotspots. Data showed that as these important environmental areas were degraded over time, cultures and languages in the area were also being lost.
2012-05-13
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