The challenge for free societies is that the effectiveness of leadership and social hierarchies always affords the possibility for authoritarianism.
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Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
Just as Italian Neorealism and Brazilian Cinema Novo once did, through his cinema, Walter’s inner space opens its doors horizontally, without agendas or hierarchies, so that all human emotion can converse within this personal yet collective space.
At the same time, the country has seen unprecedented levels of tourism—up 48 percent in 2024 from the year before, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization.
Freshwater melting from the Greenland ice sheet can weaken ocean currents in the North Atlantic, disrupting air and ocean temperature patterns and marine food chains.
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Alexandra A Phillips,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
But also, increasingly, in marine food chains and immense garbage patches in the oceans.
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