Our relationship with the world is quite simply actualized through the concepts we form in our minds that enable us to speak about the reality we perceive. It is in this context that Plato’s allegory of the cave became one of the most famous philosophical metaphors in quotidian parlance. Our perception of reality is always …

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It’s 5:30 on a wet Friday afternoon in spring. I’ve been driving around in the parking lot of the Stonestown Shopping Center for about four minutes, looking for an empty space. This is my second mall visit on a list of three. Yesterday, I hung out for a while at the San Francisco Shopping Center …

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For almost two decades,  the city of Gerloch, in the Nevada Desert, has witnessed an annual pilgrimage of thousands of people. They come together – for one week – to bring to life an alternative social enclave known as Black Rock City. This festival takes place in the last week of August, and reaches its …

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