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Why States Fail: Lessons from Augustine

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Why States Fail: Lessons from Augustine

Jeffrey Poomkudy | Dartmouth

Emotional Machines

Rosalind Picard | MIT

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Rebecca McLaughlin

N.T. Wright Answers 5 of Life’s Biggest Questions

N.T. Wright | University of St. Andrews

The Closing of the Modern Mind

Tim Keller | Redeemer Presbyterian Church, NYC Jonathan Haidt | New York University

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