Posted in paragraphs on Feb 9th, 2010
She is reported as saying..
Given that anti-science conservatives like Palin are the champions of the most grievous imaginable “generational theft” — doing nothing to stop catastrophic climate change — and given that they continue to push this “generational theft” meme, I’m going to update my earlier response (see “The Generational Theft Act of 2008, 2007, [...]
Posted in essays, paragraphs on Jan 25th, 2010
what is oft forgot is that between the brain as we know it and thought there may be ten layers of quasi independent activity (like a chess board on wood). The assumption that it is one step, and a step with mapping , seems very limited and a block to better science.
Posted in essays, paragraphs on Jan 18th, 2010
Getting from myth to sustainability requires that we understand both ends of the time line. Sustainability requires a view as broad and as deep as any in our 150,000 year cultural history. It must touch on our experience of the cosmos and reach in to our deepest experience of self, community, nature and meaning. Of Life and death, of the planet, the species [...]
Posted in essays, paragraphs on Jan 15th, 2010
Rethinking governance..
Economy has become so powerful because, in the absence of the political ideas to reform government to deal with the real issues of the world, economy emerges as a way to cope with 6 billion people. Not a good way, because the costs to many are so high, but a way nevertheless. Economy has [...]
Posted in essays, paragraphs, tech and society on Jan 9th, 2010
Their combination is key to a better future.
And wisdom. perhaps time to bring back wisdom, civilization
Posted in essays, ideas, paragraphs on Jan 6th, 2010
doug : Dare I take a minute to tell you what is on my mind?
friend: Sure
doug : OK. we are on a train careening across a landscape that we can hardly see, but for those with eyes and hearts, there are people out there not doing well, and the train is falling apart, but we [...]
Posted in Social science and humanities, essays, paragraphs on Jan 5th, 2010
What would it mean to involve them in the climate discussions?
The problem is they have their own vocabularies, and are as likely as the technical folks to say “how can I participate? Its not my specialty?” But I think the work done in the humanities is so illuminating, I want to find ways to include [...]