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Ethan Nichtern is the founder of The Interdependence Project, a grassroots movement bringing the principles of meditation and interconnectedness to the arts and activism. The city, Ethan Nichtern posits, is the perfect setting for exploring the great truth expounded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: And#8220;What affects one directly, affects all indirectly.And#8221; Nichtern is the charismatic and creative force behind New YorkAnd#8217;s upstart Interdependence Project, a dharma center in the gritty East Village where 21st-century urban dwellers discover the ancient principles of insight mediation and interdependence. InOne City,he guides readers through the beauty that is everywhere in the urban jungle And#8212; in the rattling of subway trains, the screechings of traffic, the hum of millions scurrying for work, food, sustenance, art, culture, and meaning. He melds Dr. KingAnd#8217;s lessons of love and responsibility with those of classic Buddhist wisdom to offer a new way of understanding what binds all humans together. With its pop-culture savvy, humor, and literary liveliness,One Cityspeaks to, and even defines, the spiritually inclined Next Generation.