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The questions put an end to my interest in the CIA, but they brought to mind the distinction between Homo ludens and Homo sapiens, and that the confusing of the one with the other results in the numbering of 96,000 English dead at the first battle of the Somme.
Lewis Lapham: Field of Dreams: The CIA and Me and Other Adventures in American Sports Lewis Lapham 2010
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To the degree that sports and games become a product of Homo economicus as distinct from the pleasure of Homo ludens, they lose the coherence of a world set apart from nature.
Lewis Lapham: Field of Dreams: The CIA and Me and Other Adventures in American Sports Lewis Lapham 2010
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Among the many binomial designations granted our species (Homo sapiens, Homo ludens, Homo economicus), a strong case could be made for Homo religiosus.
Why Belief in God Is Innate Michael Shermer 2010
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Among the many binomial designations granted our species (Homo sapiens, Homo ludens, Homo economicus), a strong case could be made for Homo religiosus.
Why Belief in God Is Innate Michael Shermer 2010
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Among the many binomial designations granted our species (Homo sapiens, Homo ludens, Homo economicus), a strong case could be made for Homo religiosus.
Why Belief in God Is Innate Michael Shermer 2010
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In it I consider "New Babylon," the fascinating project of Unitary Urbanism by Constant Nieuwenhuys aka Constant, who through it sought to make a city for Homo ludens.
February 2009 2009
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Explicitly designed for Homo ludens, in it social life was to be constituted by architectural play.
February 2009 2009
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Wikipedia articulates what it means to be [[Homo faber]] so that we might better appreciate [[Homo ludens]].
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In it I consider "New Babylon," the fascinating project of Unitary Urbanism by Constant Nieuwenhuys aka Constant, who through it sought to make a city for Homo ludens.
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Explicitly designed for Homo ludens, in it social life was to be constituted by architectural play.
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