In addition to the statement at left, the output of every process is the input for some other process, e.g. worms eating our dead bodies. Regarding learning from nature, this is called biomimicry. (Linked above are 15 posts on the …
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Kennedy Center Ticket Sales Fall to Lowest in Years after Trump’s Takeover
I hope readers will check out this report on cratering ticket sales at the Kennedy Center. This comes as no surprise given that the Kennedy Center hosts things like theater, classical music, dance and opera. We already knew that sophisticated …
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Is this a Coup?
Some folks believe that Congress will not re-open until after the midterms, when, the GOP hopes, it has enough votes to prevent the Epstein files from being released.
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Respecting All Other People Is Not Easy
There are people in our society who value and understand science, who believe that government needs to take care of those least able to care for themselves, who vote for Democrats–and who respect Trump supporters. There is a word for …
What Do We Know about Happy People?
Certainly, what we have at left isn’t a coincidence. Educated people tend to become affluent and understand the importance of taking care of one another and protecting the natural environment. Knowing that they’re helping others makes them happy. The inverse …
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Americans Have No Faith in Their Government
What a shock. Republicans control everything and Americans have lost confidence in government. How is that possible? More to the point, more people every day are having a horrible realization: the U.S. president is deranged.
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“No Trump”
Senior Energy Analyst Robert Rapier writes: Starting tomorrow—November 1st—I’m declaring it “No Trump November” on my Facebook page. I need a break from the daily circus, so I don’t plan to mention him at all during the month. I’m cutting …
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The Government’s Role in Our Lives
Many of us have been interested in this subject since we were young: What actually is the proper role of government in our lives? What Brandon Bradford says here is interesting, but very few Americans, even progressives, would agree with …
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What Some Amazing People Have Done with Their Wealth
When one gets to arguing about the greatest baseball players of all time, or, in this case, the greatest rock guitarist, people’s blood gets to roiling. I’m willing to take that risk, and so here’s my assertion: it’s a three-way …
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Undersea Cabling
Many of us boomers grew up in the 1960s and can remember to our astonishment that the reason we could pick up our phone and call someone in Paris was the transAtlantic cable. Speaking for myself, it blew my mind …
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