The War of Art Steven Pressfield has a colorful background. I believe that’s why I’m drawn to him and his book‚ The WAR of ART. He has worked as an advertising copywriter‚ schoolteacher‚ tractor-trailer driver‚ bartender‚ oilfield roustabout [I like that word‚ roustabout‚ reminds me of Elvis]‚ attendant in a mental hospital‚ fruit-picker in Washington State‚ author and screenwriter. As author he has written many fiction and non-fiction books‚ but the non-fiction book I want to talk about is‚ The
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Steven Pinker has a voice all his own- engaging and amiable‚ but also informative and scientific. His light style provides an interesting contradiction to the heaviness of the topic he presents to us. It’s a tough question: where does morality stem from? Is it genetic? Does it come from the structure of our brains? We don’t get an answer‚ per se‚ allowing us to come to our own conclusions and wrestle with the evidence for ourselves. However‚ as we the audience read the essay‚ it doesn’t take a particularly
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Introduction Michael Stevens is a relatively new investor struggling to maintain profits in an uncertain economy. Recent conflicts and conflicting reports have left the Canadian Market muddled and somewhat divided. Michael capitalized on recent volatility in the market and has gained some unrealized profits. He sees a bullish economy returning in the near future but would like to ensure that his profits are maintained even through minor volatility for the next six months. He plans to do this through
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Economics: The Study of Incentives The book‚ “Freakonomics‚” written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner‚ explores and explains the secret causes behind many economic situations. The main argument presented by this book is what economics really is: the study of incentives‚ and how people are rational‚ and will do whatever is in their ultimate best interest. Sometimes this will lead them to actions that are moral‚ and sometimes the very opposite. The first technique the authors used for
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Thaddeus Stevens? Mr. Stevens was an important member of the House of Representatives while Abraham Lincoln held office. Stevens was also one of the key leaders of the Radical Republican Movement of the 1860’s (“Thaddeus Stevens”). Thaddeus was against the South and the thought of inequality‚ mainly towards slaves and poor whites (Engdahl). He believed the suffrage of blacks was wrong and the South should be punished for causing devastation during the Civil War. In 1867‚ Thaddeus Stevens presented
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Schindler’s List‚ is a 1993 American film‚ directed and coproduce by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian‚ based off the book; Schindler’s Ark. The movie focuses on a greedy German businessman‚ Oskar Schindler during the events of WWII. Building a company from scratch‚ hiring Jews to help make a profit‚ but due to the events of the war‚ he becomes a humanitarian and his factory slowly develops into a refuge for them. This is a historical movie based on the true story of Oskar Schindler
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Near a little house by the ocean‚ there lived a young girl named Aurelia Stevens. She loved her name for the way it flowed like a river. In contrast‚ her hair gave the appearance of a blazing fire‚ cascading in curls that seemed to raise just a little around her neck and torso. Her vivid blue eyes looked to be from the ocean itself‚ deep and mysterious just the same. She was isolated due to her father being a writer. He needed space to work‚ and decided that separating his family from society would
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do when it came to war. From the time that Spartan men were born‚ they were evaluated for their future services to the Spartan society. Each baby was sent to have the ten‚ ten‚ one test done on them as explained in the novel‚ The Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. This test was to check and make sure that there were no deformities. If there were the children were killed because they could not help the military‚ therefore had no purpose in their society as a whole. Sparta was a militarist state.
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1500 Word Essay Play as a whole Metamorphosis Context Steven Berkoff wrote Metamorphosis in the late 1960’s. The play is about the dehumanizing effect of becoming part of a “machine” of an industrialized society. That living to work is vastly negative for human beings‚ and that as humans we need some sort of emotional or cultural richness or our lives are worthless and no better than an insect. This ties in well with the growing counter culture of the 1960’s. In which the old social orders
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Watching TV Makes You Smarter By STEVEN JOHNSON The Sleeper Curve SCIENTIST A: Has he asked for anything special? SCIENTIST B: Yes‚ this morning for breakfast . . . he requested something called ’’wheat germ‚ organic honey and tiger’s milk.’’ SCIENTIST A: Oh‚ yes. Those were the charmed substances that some years ago were felt to contain life-preserving properties. SCIENTIST B: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or . . . hot fudge? SCIENTIST A: Those were thought
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