Category: Planet
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One Daily Tale
Read more: One Daily TaleFor every child — and every heart — who dreams of a brighter tomorrow. Once upon a time, in a quiet village where the clouds danced like soft whispers in the sky, there lived a shy and gentle girl named Guruko. Every morning, while the world was still wrapped in early light, Guruko would sit…
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The Spark Inside You
Read more: The Spark Inside YouIn a little town where the stars shone brightly, lived a curious boy named Simba. He loved asking questions. But the one that puzzled him most was: “What makes me… me?” One evening, as he lay in bed, his mind buzzing with thoughts, a tiny glow appeared beside him. It was shaped like a spark,…
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Sakuran: Can a society built on both matriarchal and patriarchal balance be the key to a better world?
Read more: Sakuran: Can a society built on both matriarchal and patriarchal balance be the key to a better world?Sakuran is a live-action film released in Japan in 2007. It is an adaptation of a manga series written by Moyoco Anno. The narrative follows the story of a young girl who rises through the complex hierarchy of the red-light district of Yoshiwara and eventually becomes an oiran—the highest-ranking courtesan. The film’s rich atmosphere is…
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Thermae Romae: How Mixing Different Cultures Can Bring New Ideas to Life
Read more: Thermae Romae: How Mixing Different Cultures Can Bring New Ideas to LifeThermae Romae is a 2012 live-action film adaptation of the Japanese manga by Mari Yamazaki. It is a comedy that tells the improbable story of Lucius, an ancient Roman architect struggling with inspiration, who discovers a passage leading to a modern Japanese bathhouse. The mangaka’s experiences living in various countries, including Italy, clearly influenced the…
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind — a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the world beyond the narrow confines of individual experience. We are one humankind sharing one planet.
Read more: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind — a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the world beyond the narrow confines of individual experience. We are one humankind sharing one planet.This book, written by Yuval Noah Harari, is based on a series of lectures he gave at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It was first released in Hebrew in 2011 and later in English in 2014. I discovered it during the COVID-19 pandemic, a time when many of us had more space to reflect, slow…
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The Simpsons Movie: If Homer Can Change and Become More Conscious, Then So Can We All!
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Read more: The Simpsons Movie: If Homer Can Change and Become More Conscious, Then So Can We All!The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated comedy film based on the iconic Fox sitcom The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening. The show has been running since 1989 and has accumulated more than 800 episodes! To be honest, I haven’t seen them all—and that’s precisely one of the reasons I chose to focus a…
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Beach Boys: How can reconnecting to nature and calm help us think about our mistakes and how to overcome them?
Read more: Beach Boys: How can reconnecting to nature and calm help us think about our mistakes and how to overcome them?Beach Boys is a Japanese drama that was broadcast in 1997. I watched it from France after discovering the drama GTO, which features the same lead actor. It also stars Ryoko Hirosue in one of her first roles. Recently, she made headlines after an incident involving a nurse in a hospital, for which she was…
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Does the sad story of Secret of Mana reveal the tragic outcome for the younger generations and the state of our planet?
Read more: Does the sad story of Secret of Mana reveal the tragic outcome for the younger generations and the state of our planet?Secret of Mana, originally released in Japan as Seiken Densetsu 2, is a 1993 action role-playing game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the sequel to Final Fantasy Adventure (Mystic Quest) released on Gameboy. The game allows three players to play simultaneously, following the journey of a boy,…
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Can “L’Hymne de nos campagnes” Still Awaken Us in the Age of AGI and Environmental Collapse?
Read more: Can “L’Hymne de nos campagnes” Still Awaken Us in the Age of AGI and Environmental Collapse?Are we listening to messages, or just playing the music? I first heard about Tryo when I was in engineering school back in France. While at that time I was not quite self-aware on many aspects, I found it deeply ironic that many of my fellow students admired this band promoting environmental consciousness, even though…
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What Can Kung Fu Hustle Teach Us About Growth, Responsibility, and the Future of Humanity?
Read more: What Can Kung Fu Hustle Teach Us About Growth, Responsibility, and the Future of Humanity?How does a martial arts comedy inspire self-growth? Kung Fu Hustle (Chinese: 功夫; lit. ‘Kung Fu’) is a 2004 martial arts action comedy film directed, produced, and co-written by Stephen Chow. The story revolves around a murderous neighbourhood gang, a poor village with unlikely heroes, and an aspiring gangster’s fierce journey to find his true…