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Episode 172: Somewhere Between a Habit and a River


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TOPIC: How to undig a river.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about an email message from a listener who's having trouble getting away from his inbox long enough to do what he needs to, introducing a mindfulness exercise that may help point to a deeper problem.

(This is a good one)

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  • 7: The Passionate Task
    Rich Stevens and Merlin Mann join Moisés and John to discuss the state of digital comics, content discovery, and recommend some good reads.
  • "Melnibonér" - kung fu grippe
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  • Cultural hegemony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    In Marxist philosophy, however, the term describes the domination of a culturally diverse society by the ruling class, who manipulate the culture of the society — the beliefs, explanations, perceptions, values, and mores — so that their ruling-class worldview becomes the worldview that is imposed and accepted as the cultural norm
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