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« Previous EntriesThe Development of Human Civilization (4) : The Age of Conceptual
Saturday, October 10th, 2009The main character here is creator and ability of empathy. The special ability is particularly on the control of right-brain oriented mindset. The basic spirit of this conceptual age is the creative spirit, spirit which forms creativity in various dimensions. The following are three things on the basis of creativity (Florida, 2004: 21).
The Development of Human Civilization (3) : The Age of Information
Friday, October 9th, 2009Mass production began to fade in the background, while information and knowledge improves the economy of developing countries. The central figure in this age is intellectual labors. Its main character is left brain-oriented mindset. In the age of information, the use left brain, which glamorizes rationalism, logical, and literal, causes specialization becoming a mode.
The Development of Human Civilization (2) : The Age of Industrial
Thursday, October 8th, 2009Fernand Braudel (Sanderson, 2003: 191) classified industrial activities into four, First is family business. Every business is usually led by employer who employs two or three pitcher and one or two internship workers. The work division is very simple, or even there is no division at all. Included in this category, according to Braudel, is [...]
The Development of Human Civilization (1) : Introduction
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009The development of human civilization is divided into three phases (Toffler, 1980). The first, Primitive Phase, is when nomadic tribes wandered and focused their production on the raw human power. In this case, life was maintained through collecting fruits and hunting animals. In this process, communities were characterized by small size groups. In fact, because [...]
Say Something Sweet Through Left Ear!
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009If you want to reveal that you love someone, you should say it to them through their left ear, says a new research. Someone will be more visible because of emotional words such as “love”, if they heard it through their left ear. It is revealed in a study conducted by psychologists at Sam Houston [...]
Tips: 5 Ways to Avoid Boring Romanticism
Monday, February 2nd, 2009Did you ever notice how many people leave their relationship becomes stale and fall into a boredom? Perhaps, you are in a situation like this. Such situation will be very difficult to be solved. But you can do the following five things to avoid boredom and keep romanticism live in your relationship.
Intimacy Is More than Only Sexual Intercourse
Sunday, February 1st, 2009Intimacy is widely used as an expression of sexual intercourse. Psychologists know that an intimacy is a crucial part among all of our important relationships. This is the factor that makes a relationship to be more in, meaningful and full of personal values.
What is the Real Name of Jesus?
Thursday, January 1st, 2009The name “Jesus Christ”, which is found in the Bible, is actually not an original name, because the name itself is a Greek translation from its original. It was applied by the Bible translators to be more easily accepted and spoken by people who spoke Greek in first to second century. In addition, the Greek [...]
Koranic Moses vs. Biblical Moses: How Many Pharaohs Were Faced by Moses?
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008Story of Moses in the Koran has similarities with the Bible’s explanation. However, there are also some differences. Let’s observe the Story of Moses and view some differences between the Koranic Moses and Biblical Moses to determine the historical credibility among both sacred Books. These differences should be contrasted to the reliability of historical facts [...]
Chinese Calendar and Jews Calendar
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008Chinese Im-lek Calendar
Calendar of Im-lek (meaning “year of moon” or the lunar calendar) is used by Chinese communities since 551 BC. It was the year when Kung Fu-Tzu (Confucius) was born. New Year (Xin Nian) is occurred on 21 January to 19 February. Same as the Saka calendar, the beginning of each month is when [...]







