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  The Animal That Therefore I Am

  Jacques Derrida

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  The translated, complete text of Derrida’s 1997 ten-hour address, “The Autobiographical Animal,” focusing on the industrialized treatment of animals. 
   
  The Animal That Therefore I Am is at once an affectionate look back over the multiple roles played by animals in Derrida’s work and a profound philosophical investigation and critique of the relegation of animal life that takes place as a result of the distinction?dating from Descartes?between man as thinking animal and every other living species. That starts with the very fact of the line of separation drawn between the human and the millions of other species that are reduced to a single “the animal.” Derrida finds that distinction, or versions of it, surfacing in thinkers as far apart as Descartes, Kant, Heidegger, Lacan, and Levinas, and he dedicates extended analyses to the question in the work of each of them. 
   
  The book’s autobiographical theme intersects with its philosophical analysis through the figures of looking and nakedness, staged in terms of Derrida’s experience when his cat follows him into the bathroom in the morning. In a classic deconstructive reversal, Derrida asks what this animal sees and thinks when it sees this naked man. Yet the experiences of nakedness and shame also lead all the way back into the mythologies of “man’s dominion over the beasts” and trace a history of how man has systematically displaced onto the animal his own failings or bêtises. 
   
  The Animal That Therefore I Am is at times a militant plea and indictment regarding, especially, the modern industrialized treatment of animals. However, Derrida cannot subscribe to a simplistic version of animal rights that fails to follow through, in all its implications, the questions and definitions of “life” to which he returned in much of his later work.

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  The Nature Instinct - Learn to...

  Tristan Gooley

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  From the New York Times–bestselling author, “a captivating guide to finding one’s way in the wild” (The Wall Street Journal). 
   
  Master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley was just about to make camp when he sensed danger—but couldn’t say why. After sheltering elsewhere, Gooley returned to investigate: What had set off his subconscious alarm? 
   
  Suddenly, he understood: All of the tree trunks were slightly bent. The ground had already shifted once and could easily become treacherous in a storm. 
   
  The Nature Instinct shows how we, too, can unlock this intuitive understanding of our surroundings. Learn to sense the forest’s edge from deep in the woods, or whether a wild animal might pose danger—before you even know how you know. 
   
  “[A] beautifully written almanac of tips and tricks we’ve lost along the way.” —The Guardian 
   
  “A useful owner’s manual for anyone who likes to get outdoors and be immersed in something beyond the asphalt.” —Kirkus Reviews 
   
  Previously published in the UK under the title Wild Signs and Star Paths

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  From Madman to Crime Fighter -...

  Roslynn D. Haynes

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  A study of the scientist in Western culture, from medieval images of alchemists to present-day depictions of cyberpunks and genetic engineers. 
   
  They were mad, of course. Or evil. Or godless, amoral, arrogant, impersonal, and inhuman. At best, they were well intentioned but blind to the dangers of forces they barely controlled. They were Faust, Frankenstein, Jekyll, Moreau, Caligari, Strangelove—the scientists of film and fiction, cultural archetypes that reflected ancient fears of tampering with the unknown or unleashing the little-understood powers of nature. 
   
  In From Madman to Crime Fighter, Roslynn D. Haynes analyzes stereotypical characters—including the mad scientist, the cold-blooded pursuer of knowledge, the intrepid pathbreaker, and the bumbling fool—that, from medieval times to the present day, have been used to depict the scientist in Western literature and film. She also describes more realistically drawn scientists, characters who are conscious of their public responsibility to expose dangers from pollution and climate change yet fearful of being accused of lacking evidence. 
   
  Drawing on examples from Britain, America, Germany, France, Russia, and elsewhere, Haynes explores the persistent folklore of mad doctors of science and its relation to popular fears of a depersonalized, male-dominated, and socially irresponsible pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. She concludes that today’s public response to science and scientists—much of it negative—is best understood by recognizing the importance of such cultural archetypes and their significance as myth. From Madman to Crime Fighter is the most comprehensive study of the image of the scientist in Western literature and film.

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  The Family That Couldn't Sleep -...

  D.T. Max

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  For two hundred years a noble Venetian family has suffered from an inherited disease that strikes their members in middle age, stealing their sleep, eating holes in their brains, and ending their lives in a matter of months. In Papua New Guinea, a primitive tribe is nearly obliterated by a sickness whose chief symptom is uncontrollable laughter. Across Europe, millions of sheep rub their fleeces raw before collapsing. In England, cows attack their owners in the milking parlors, while in the American West, thousands of deer starve to death in fields full of grass.What these strange conditions-including fatal familial insomnia, kuru, scrapie, and mad cow disease-share is their cause: prions. Prions are ordinary proteins that sometimes go wrong, resulting in neurological illnesses that are always fatal. Even more mysterious and frightening, prions are almost impossible to destroy because they are not alive and have no DNA-and the diseases they bring are now spreading around the world.In The Family That Couldn't Sleep, essayist and journalist D. T. Max tells the spellbinding story of the prion's hidden past and deadly future. Through exclusive interviews and original archival research, Max explains this story's connection to human greed and ambition-from the Prussian chemist Justus von Liebig, who made cattle meatier by feeding them the flesh of other cows, to New Guinean natives whose custom of eating the brains of the dead nearly wiped them out. The biologists who have investigated these afflictions are just as extraordinary-for example, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, a self-described  "pedagogic pedophiliac pediatrician" who cracked kuru and won the Nobel Prize, and another Nobel winner, Stanley Prusiner, a driven, feared self-promoter who identified the key protein that revolutionized prion study.With remarkable precision, grace, and sympathy, Max-who himself suffers from an inherited neurological illness-explores maladies that have tormented humanity for centuries and gives reason to hope that someday cures will be found. And he eloquently demonstrates that in our relationship to nature and these ailments, we have been our own worst enemy.

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  AI Dystopian Apocalypse -...

  Robert Enochs

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  This visionary work encourages readers to prepare for an AI-dominated world and actively shape a future where technology and humanity coexist harmoniously. In an era where the future of the human workforce is uncertain, this dystopian nonfiction book stands as a beacon of hope and a guide for those willing to understand and adapt. Join us in exploring the labyrinth of challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. The future is not just coming; it's already here. Are you ready? 
  This new nonfiction book is not just a fast read; it's an urgent call to understand and adapt to the tidal wave of change propelled by AI's relentless advance that may force many of us onto a Universal Basic Income as millions are displaced in the job markets or find ourselves searching for other types of self-employment. 
  Embark on a journey through time with The Age of AI (unveiling the layers of this new world), from its sudden emergence to its exponential growth in 2024. Witness industries crumble in The AI Job Apocalypse, understand the personal toll through harrowing Human Cost stories, and confront the stark realities of wealth and power dynamics in The Economics of AI. Each chapter weaves a compelling and unnerving narrative in the realm of automation displacement, revealing the facets of a future fraught with challenges. 
  But your career path doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom. In AI Dystopian Apocalypse, discover the silver linings and innovative career solutions emerging from the ashes of traditional employment. From global movements battling AI displacement in Resisting the Inevitable to groundbreaking strategies in Building a New Society, learn how humanity is surviving and attempting to flourish.

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  Facebook Advertising 2020 - How...

  Armani Murphy

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  Have you ever wanted to grow your business using Facebook ads? Struggling with understanding Facebook’s ad platform and even where to start? Are you ready to discover what it takes to get noticed on Facebook and turn likes into customer sales? 
  We all know how big social media has become when it comes to marketing. Products make it or break it on Facebook whether people love it or hate it. And the only real way to show off your products is to have a huge following on your business page that your fans visit every day. Just starting out, that can be a difficult thing to do. That’s why understanding Facebook ads is so important, and surprisingly, easy to do. 
  The way to the top is to study this ultimate guide to help you create the type of ads that Facebook users will engage in. Video ads are the future of Facebook marketing. This is the type of advertising that gets people to stop scrolling through their feed and really focus on your business. There are already so many tools on Facebook for advertisers that it’s easy to start using them today to create video ads. And that's what you'll learn in Facebook Advertising 2020: How to Dominate Your Industry With Facebook Ads. 
  DOWNLOAD: Facebook Advertising 2020: How to Dominate Your Industry With Facebook Ads 
  The point of this book is straightforward: We will teach you the fundamentals of taking a photo or video and turning it into an ad on Facebook that thousands of people will see during its running time.

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