{"product_id":"this-is-not-your-practice-life-volume-ii-your-place-in-the-universe-9798196955617","title":"This Is NOT Your Practice Life: Volume II: Your Place in the Universe","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Donald J. Conte\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Growth - Self-Esteem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat if the way you see the world is shaping who you become?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Volume II of \u003ci\u003eThis Is NOT Your Practice Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Donald J. Conte takes readers on a philosophical and scientific exploration of perception, identity, uncertainty, and human existence itself. Blending geology, psychology, physics, history, literature, and everyday experience, these essays challenge assumptions about time, motion, meaning, and the self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do mountains disappear yet still remain?\u003cbr\u003eWhy do cultures slowly shift without noticing?\u003cbr\u003eWhy do people mistake movement for progress, certainty for truth, and convention for reality?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with humanity's small place in deep time and moving through questions of perception, interconnection, knowledge, and responsibility, this volume traces a deliberate intellectual journey. Along the way, Conte examines how individuals construct meaning in a universe that is vast, dynamic, and often misleading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither purely philosophy nor purely science, this collection occupies the space between them - inviting readers to reconsider not only the world around them, but also the interpretations through which they experience it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTime and scale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerception and misinterpretation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentity and self-construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHuman interconnectedness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecision-making under uncertainty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe limits of knowledge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreating meaning in an unpredictable world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvocative, reflective, and accessible, \u003ci\u003eThis Is NOT Your Practice Life: Volume II - Your Place in the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e challenges readers to confront a central realization: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are not merely observing the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are participating in and making it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892111753367,"sku":"9798196955617","price":1173.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798196955617.webp?v=1781185774","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/this-is-not-your-practice-life-volume-ii-your-place-in-the-universe-9798196955617","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}