July 23, 2017

Zoe Bios: Preface

The following are photos from my DNA trek and excerpts from the book.

 

Temple Mount

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The Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben asserted that there is a notable distinction between “bare life” (zoe) and “a particular mode of life” or “qualified life” (bios).

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What If: DNA Memory, something so powerful that it influences the very lens through which each of us views the world, transcending (and yet responding to) cultural and immediate experiences. Zoe and bios — presenting as DNA memory — impact the way we perceive everything from politics to religion, community, and family.

Dead Sea

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With that goal in mind, I offer the following tool to look at this problem with a clear lens, inspired by Epigenetics:

  1. Zoe: Stories of real people in Israel and Egypt (collected less than a year before the Arab revolution) who are living a tale different from than the stories you read on the internet or see on TV, and;

  2. Bios: How the imprints of our grandfathers and grandmothers, war, politics, our environment — not to mention luck — influence who we become; a paradigm shift in terms of how to view the stories of three monolithic religions and their 3,000+ year fight, and;

  3. DNA memory: A new way to understand people who differ from ourselves, to build our empathy muscle and empower us to make better decisions—from progressive policymaking to informed public fund allocation.

Jerusalem

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No doubt the wars in the Middle East have contributed to the avalanche of fear that has been changing political landscapes the world over. It is our responsibility to stop this madness.

 

Zoe Bios is available on Amazon in print and on Kindle. Get it today!

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