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"The bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your beliefs and to know what you don't know, which can position you for success at work and happiness at home. The difficulty of rethinking our assumptions is surprisingly common--maybe even fundamentally human. Our ways of thinking become habits that we don't bother to question, and mental laziness leads us to prefer the ease of old...
6) Making and moving knowledge: interdisciplinary and community-based research in a world on the edge
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McGill-Queen's University Press
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[2008]
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English
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Basic Books
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2021.
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English
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We use generations as a tool for tracking how a society's values change over time, and how to appeal to the generations that hold them. What we assume when we talk about generations is that our values and habits are fixed by the time we turn 18, and that generational conflict is inevitable. It is natural to think you have more in common with your peers than with your parents-- but it is also wrong. Duffy argues that generational identities are fluid,...