The Continuum Concept
In Search Of Happiness Lost
by Jean Liedloff
Recommended by Neil Strauss and Whitney Cummings
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Psychology, and Social Sciences.
A landmark treatise on how humanity lives versus how we should, what we've lost with our "progress," and how we can reclaim our true natureJean Liedloff, an American writer, spent two and a half years in the South American jungle living with Stone Age Indians. The experience demolished her Western preconceptions of how we should live and led her to...
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Psychology, and Social Sciences.
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Neil Strauss
“@thor Exactly. If it won?t permanently harm them, then let them learn from their small mistakes. That?s how learning occurs. There?s a great book called The Continuum Concept that covers this. | @thor Exactly. If it won’t permanently harm them, then let them learn from their small mistakes. That’s how learning occurs. There’s a great book called The Continuum Concept that covers this. | It’s about attachment parenting.”
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