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Reclix

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About Reclix

Former NYC entrepreneur now living in Portugal in a community devoted to spiritual enlightenment.

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    The modern adaptations of meditation largely position meditation as a way to experience peace/calm/rest and to develop self-awareness of your thoughts that allows you space to chan…

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    The Nature of Consciousness, by Rupert Spira. If you set aside your preconceived notions and read it as a series of hypotheses that must be confirmed within your own direct experie…

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    Comment #7162595

    CourseHorse (New York, NY) | FULL TIME | https://coursehorse.com/hiring Amazon for Education: We're the first marketplace that helps people discover, compare & enroll in trusted lo…

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    Comment #5221512

    hahaha this is eerily similar to the story of my life before Balanced - love their team & the product is beautiful.

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    Comment #2800399

    Philosophy taught me to ask the following question: "What is the purpose of our university degree?" If the answer is: "to secure a well paying, promising job after college", then I…

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    Comment #2582860

    Really like the idea - have been waiting for an application that will allow teachers to become masters of their own digital pedagogical content. However, I'm not a huge fan of the …

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    Comment #2488638

    I loved this, thanks. The hardest part about being a creative / writer, or even entrepreneur is the high expectations set by those you admire, and the impossibility of fully imagin…

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    Comment #2140604

    This was going to be my comment - I often do my on-phone reading on the subway/elevator - would be great to have an app that worked when I don't have cell phone service.

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    Comment #1975405

    As a person with hereditary skin issues (both my dad and grandad have suffered for years, and now it's setting in for me), I'm definitely going to try it - my father and I already …

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    Comment #1895312

    I agree with you, Matt - I wouldn't want to just pick the first technical cofounder that could dazzle me with jargon I haven't heard. I'm a business type, and I absolutely believe …

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    Comment #1895230

    I'd say every situation has an escalating set of responses, and I certainly don't believe that violence is always unacceptable, especially when nonviolent means have failed. I'd su…

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    I'm with you on the research process. I find that what appeals to most users doesn't appeal to me, which means that even customer reviews have to be carefully read to determine wha…

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    Though I agree with some of the above comments that the technological innovations since 1977 haven't been altogether uninspiring, I do wonder: Who right now is funding innovation t…

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    Comment #1786286

    Interesting thought on the tax loophole closing (when considered a bit more broadly). If we must put up with high taxes, then what's the point if only the people who can afford cle…

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    Comment #1774362

    I'm excited by the number of people who have said this about the movie, as well as the debate about 'the right education reform' that the movie has spurred. Regardless of which sid…

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    Comment #1738223

    I'm totally with you about being excited that the topic is getting the attention it deserves - if enough people are turning heads, lending a dollar and a hand, maybe we can fix the…

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    You said it: "Parents should be teaching these". But how can we rely on parents to do the right kinds of teaching when there's literally no requirement to becoming a parent? I susp…

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    Comment #1713475

    thanks for the tip! will e-mail you shortly.

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    Comment #1711613

    Definitely intending to eventually - but this is a much longer term goal for me - not sure I'd be of much help in the very near future. My long term vision is to blend traditional …

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    Comment #1709948

    I definitely echo the community center sentiment. More specifically, I envision the future library as a place that teaches people how to learn: - How to use online searches intelli…