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- C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis was a British writer and scholar, author of The Chronicles of Narnia. Issue.6 names him once, in the caption of an image in the section on liquid modernity…
- Carbon CreditsA carbon credit is a measurable and tradeable financial instrument that represents the verified reduction or removal of one metric ton of carbon dioxide. These…
- Carbon FootprintA carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases generated directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, or product lifecycle. It serves as a primary…
- Carbon OffsettingCarbon offsetting is a mechanism that allows organizations to compensate for their greenhouse gas emissions by funding equivalent emissions reductions elsewhere. This…
- Carbon PricingCarbon pricing is an economic instrument that captures the external costs of greenhouse gas emissions by tying them directly to their sources through a monetary fee. By…
- Carbon SequestrationCarbon sequestration is the process of capturing and securing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to mitigate global climate change. It encompasses biological methods like…
- Carbon TaxationCarbon taxation is an environmental fiscal policy that levies a direct fee on the production, distribution, or combustion of fossil fuels based on their greenhouse gas…
- Carl JungCarl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of analytical psychology, known for the archetypes, the collective unconscious and synchronicity. Five editions of the…
- Carl SaganCarl Sagan was an American astronomer and science communicator, the presenter of the series Cosmos and the author of The Demon-Haunted World. The Agency editorial names…
- Carmela SopranoCarmela Soprano is a character of the television series The Sopranos, the wife of the mob boss Tony Soprano, played by Edie Falco. In the Agency editorial she is named…
- CarnivalizationCarnivalization is a cultural and literary concept describing the temporary inversion of social hierarchies, norms, and solemn authorities through joyful communal…
- Carolina JustusCarolina Justus, interviewed in Creative.2 of the Agency editorial, is a designer with experience in sales who comes from Paraguay and speaks three languages. She…
- Carry on Wayward SonCarry on Wayward Son is a song by Kansas listed in the Chords music recommendation section of Issue.10. The edition presents the song with its title and band name, with…
- Cartesian RationalismCartesian rationalism is the epistemological and metaphysical system founded by René Descartes that establishes the thinking ego as the primary certainty of existence. It…
- CatalysisCatalysis is the scientific and metaphorical process of accelerating the rate of a reaction through the presence of a substance that remains chemically unchanged at the…
- Catarina CamposCatarina Campos is the football referee named in Issue.17 of the Agency editorial, the edition about sportsmanship. The edition shows her brandishing a white card during…
- Categorical ImperativeThe categorical imperative is the foundational concept of Immanuel Kant's deontological moral philosophy, commanding that one should act only according to maxims that…
- CatharsisCatharsis is the psychological and emotional release experienced by individuals when engaging deeply with intense artistic or dramatic narratives. First formulated…
- Cave ArtCave art consists of prehistoric paintings, petroglyphs, and engravings created on cave walls and ceilings by early hominins, representing humanity's earliest documented…
- Character Under PressureCharacter under pressure is an ethical and philosophical principle asserting that a person's authentic moral nature and values are revealed through difficult choices made…
- Charles BabbageCharles Babbage was an English mathematician and inventor of the nineteenth century, known for designing two calculating machines, the Difference Engine and the…
- Charles DarwinCharles Darwin was the English naturalist who formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection, set out in On the Origin of Species. In the Agency editorial he…
- Cheat CodeA cheat code is a sequence of characters, commands, or keystrokes entered into a video game to alter game mechanics, bypass rules, or unlock instant resources. While…
- Chester BenningtonChester Bennington (1976-2017) was an American singer, lead vocalist of the band Linkin Park. Issue.14, the edition about music, gives him its passage on Linkin Park: the…
- Chivalric RomanceChivalric romance is a prominent medieval literary genre that narrates the heroic adventures, knightly trials, moral dilemmas, and courtly devotions of noble warriors. It…
- Chris CornellChris Cornell was an American rock singer known as the lead vocalist of Soundgarden and Audioslave. In Creative.7, Pedro Sampaio names him first among his strongest…
- Christian BaleChristian Bale is a British actor, born in 1974. Issue.7 names him once, in a list of four actors of The Big Short, in the section 7.6.2 History in Cinema.
- Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus was a Genoese navigator who crossed the Atlantic in 1492 in the service of the Spanish Crown. Issue.4 cites him once, in the author's prose about why…
- Christopher MoltisantiChristopher Moltisanti is a character of the television series The Sopranos, a young member of Tony Soprano's crime family, played by Michael Imperioli. In the Agency…
- Christopher NolanChristopher Nolan is a British and American film director, known for films such as Inception, Interstellar and Oppenheimer. The Agency editorial names him once, as C…