Too Early to Tell: The Potential Impact and Challenges—Ethical and Otherwise—Inherent in the Mainstreaming of Dharma in an Increasingly Dystopian World

2017/06/29 by Jon Kabat‐Zinn · 1 citation
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Mind wandering and attention #Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions #Sleep and Wakefulness Research #Dystopia #Ignorance #Environmental ethics #Cynicism #Skepticism #Meaning (existential) #Enlightenment #History #Global warming #Sociology #Political science #Law #Aesthetics #Psychoanalysis #Psychology #Epistemology #Philosophy #Climate change #Politics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s12671-017-0758-2

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Abstract

It is said that Zhou Enlai, the Chinese Premier, who as a young man was a major force in the Chinese Revolution, when asked late in life by a journalist for his thoughts about the legacy of the French Revolution, replied “Too early to tell.” 1, 2, 3

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