Wild Banana: Anthropology - power - higher primate literature, Sad about Human 'Pan troglyditism,' Banana-Blueberry Smoothy

I wonder how richly much of anthropology's interest in questions of power over the past 5 decades would emerge vis-a-vis readings of the higher primate literature, especially common chimps, Bonobo chimps, the 2 species of orangutans and the 2 species of gorillas, among others.


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am sad about the 'Pan troglyditism' (common chimp behavior - violence, war, aggression, as well as peaceableness) among humans but somewhat optimistic about humans ability to learn, in general - e.g. ancient Greeks, literacy, the Enlightenment, the information technology revolution - and here possibly at worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University as well.


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while much knowledge is ABOUT nature or ideas & HOW & WHY these work, possibly boring to some because not self referential, people shape rich FLOW experiences around these, and they also emerge ... How can world university lead to making these flourish for all, and uniquely for individuals? Teach, learn, add ... :)


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Here's American Friends' Service Committee's Haitian work - http://afsc.org/miami/ht/d/ContentDetails/i/4529 And here's a way to give to http://afsc.org World University & School is eventually for One Laptop per Child countries, of which Haiti is one, and for everyone: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University (both with languages: worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages - and nation states: worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nation_States, but these are still in the works) - so that people will eventually have access to teaching and learning materials, that are wiki (editable).

Scott


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Rain falls, gray settles & little clouds drift through the valley above the redwoods ... early grateful dead plays ... book writing ... The recording 'Birth of the Dead' is playing - and little kids from the Canyon school, under umbrellas, with their teacher at the rear under a blue one, walk up the road below my little 'Gary Snyder' house - good morning movement.


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Ripe banana-frozen blueberry smoothie with a little bit of cardamom, while keeping caloric intake down to lose weight ~


To harbin.org/dance.htm dance

















(http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2010/01/wild-banana-anthropology-power-higher.html - January, 19, 2010)