The Laughing Boss: How Humour Can Be Used to Demean and Undermine Employees
The use of laughter as a tool to belittle and humiliate employees is a serious issue in the workplace.
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The Artist’s liberation: A Story of Breaking the Chains of Unfulfillment
Embrace your freedom and take ownership of your actions and decisions, for in doing so you shall find authenticity and fulfillment.
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Digitalization in Social Work: Risks, Rewards, and Strategies
ABSTRACT. Digitalization has had a significant impact on the field of social work, bringing both opportunities and challenges. This article explores the ways in which digital technologies are being used in the field, the risks and challenges involved, and strategies for addressing these challenges and making the most of the opportunities presented. It also discusses the potential impacts of gaming technologies and gamification strategies on the delivery of social services and the risks associated with their use. The article concludes by providing recommendations for social workers looking to effectively use digital technologies in their practice.
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Evandro Agazzi: Leading the Way in Understanding the Ethics and Social Implications of Emerging Technologies
Evandro Agazzi is a renowned philosopher and researcher who has made significant contributions to the fields of philosophy of science, logic, and the philosophy of language. His work has focused on a wide range of topics, including the concept of scientific progress, the nature of scientific explanation, and the ethical and social implications of new developments in science and technology. Agazzi is particularly known for his work on the philosophy of language, and has written extensively on the relationship between language and thought, the nature of meaning, and the role of language in shaping our understanding of the world. His insights and arguments provide valuable perspectives on the ways in which new developments in science and technology may impact our sense of identity and agency, and offer important guidance for how we can address and respond to these challenges in a responsible and ethical manner.
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Surveillance in Modern Capitalism: Uncovering the Hidden Costs
In recent years, surveillance has become a significant issue of concern, as advances in technology have made it easier for governments and companies to collect and analyse vast amounts of data about people’s activities. This has led to a debate about the appropriate balance between national security and privacy, and about the extent to which surveillance should be allowed to shape and influence various aspects of society.
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Is Common Sense Defeating Your Thinking Power?
by Maurizio Bisogno Is it because we fear the hostility of others that we do not question the status quo? Our capacity to doubt can be shattered by an inner sense that convention of society must have a firm basis, even if we are not exactly sure what this may be. Does it seem unlikely to you that our society could be seriously mistaken in its beliefs? Do you fear you would be alone in noticing that? My suggestion is that you should not suffocate your doubts and follow the flock but turn to the philosophers for help. You may
Continue readingObvious Secrets Sold As Revelations
I am starting a new section on my website and I will dedicate it to practical questions; I mean politics, books and everyday popular topics. I will start with a book. First, I am giving some general impressions then I will publish notes and observations that will come up along my reading. Hopefully, you will enjoy and subscribe to my newsletter. Thank you and have a nice day. I don’t buy a certain book because I share the point of view of the author, but because I want to know what the author is saying and how can he or
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How to Reduce Weight with Philosophy
Here’s how. Stimulated by a friend’s question, we start with two quotes from Diogenes: What’s the best time for dinner? “If one is rich, whenever he wants, if one is poor, when he can.” “If only it was easy to make hunger disappear by rubbing your belly as it is with sex.” You are following a diet that has greatly reduced the amount of food you can eat, now you complain that you have to abstain from eating as much food as you like and that hunger torments you. First, I ask you to look carefully at the reasons why
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Defiance or Submission, Courage or Acquiescence?
“Then fifteen, Montaigne was out in the street, for the Collège had suspended classes during the violence. He witnessed the killing of Moneins, a scene he never forgot. It raised in his mind, perhaps for the first time, a question that would haunt the entire Essays in varying guises: whether it was better to win an enemy’s respect by an open defiance, or to throw yourself on his mercy and hope to win him by submission or an appeal to his better self.” (S. Bakewell) In the film The White Tiger the Indian slave combines both those attitudes according to
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An Inactive Mind Makes You into a Mindless Zombie
The mind is addicted to stimuli, which reach it passing by our five senses. If this is so, when normally awake the mind is mostly in a passive state. On the contrary, when we are asleep, our mind, having shut down the stimuli receptors nearly to zero, is very active and produce its own content.
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