Dr. Nigel Nicholson, who teaches organizational behavior at the London Business School, explains that gossip is part of status consciousness (as is envy).

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The fundamental reasoning for the move up or down becomes a part of the overall consciousness of the investment community at the point where the potential for profit is minimal.

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And even though many of us never witnessed any of this firsthand, it sort of falls into the national consciousness as part of what we can do and what we can take in the city.

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He said he had first experienced "something impinging on his consciousness" as part of a Christian Missionary Society (CMS) scheme to Kenya during his gap year between school and university when he was not a practising Christian.

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He envisions these growing scales of collective consciousness as fractal in nature, all part of a larger, inseparable system.

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The time is now to separate fact from fiction in the public consciousness, and to demand transparency on the part of those who oppose fracturing and would have it banned or regulated into oblivion.

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While disagreements among political leaders on the direction of an economic unification are common in any part of the world, disagreements among EU-leaders confirm that Europeans have yet to nurture a common consciousness, overcome their national pride, and develop a European identity.

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"Part of our 'fight or flight' reflexes to keep us alive includes the switch into the REM state of consciousness, " he said.

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