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Curtis White
Curtis White is a novelist and social critic. His most recent books include Living in a World that Can’t Be Fixed: Reimagining Counterculture Today and Transcendent: Art and Dharma in a Time of Collapse, which this article is based on.
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A Buddhist reflection on art and transcendence
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Living in a World That No Longer Exists
A writer reflects on finding beauty that endures.
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Our World in the Wheel of Life
A social critique inspired by Buddhist cosmology
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What Wild Wild Country Missed
In following the “true crime” model, the Netflix documentary sidesteps larger spiritual questions and the historical import of the countercultural movement.
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Buddhism 2.0
Curtis White reviews the recent Steve Jobs film
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Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
My Father’s True Nature
A story of harsh discovery and startling forgiveness
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It’s Not Me, It’s You
Corporate culture gets its Zen on
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The Science Delusion
An interview with cultural critic Curtis White
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Your Brain on Neuroscience
In Silicon Valley's geek culture, creativity is currency.
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