The words at left come from late-20th Century philosopher and ethnobotanist Terence McKenna. His observation here echoes those of many other intellectuals who have pondered how it’s possible that an extremely intelligent species can make such poor decisions when it …
Category: Sustainability
How Human Beings form Societies
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Trade School?
In response to the question at left: Of course; it’s their lives. But I’d be saddened. I told my kids when they were young that they would have far more rewarding lives if they were able to fashion their careers …
The Value of What We Learned in School
To an ever-increasing number of us living in modern-day America, the answer would be: Everything we learned in kindergarten, i.e., sharing, being nice to others, and telling the truth. My kindergarten teacher, Alice Adams, never told us that it was …
Tough Times for Environmental Sustainability
When I tell people that I write content on environmental sustainability, I commonly hear, “Oh. Times must be tough.” I immediately explain that, outside the United States, every nation on the planet is working hard to make sure we still …
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Musk Is a Great Innovator, But …
I’m not a fan, but I have to agree that he’s among the world’s greatest innovators of all time. It’s a crying shame he’s such a complete asshole. If that weren’t the case, he’d be among the world’s greatest people of …
Life on Earth Faces a Huge Problem
At left are the words of astrophysicist PhD and Queen lead guitarist Brian May. The problem here on Earth isn’t that there are no intelligent, decent, and kind people. It’s that their numbers pale in comparison to the number of …
The Sickening Decline of American Education
There are many baby boomers who remember shows like Bugs Bunny and Rocky and Bullwinkle and lament that quality television for the young no longer exists. Appreciation for shows like these require a basic level of understanding of music, art, …
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American Anti-Intellectualism
What Katie Couric says here is undeniably true. There is a palpable resentment of educated people who understand science, and push for all the tenets of the U.S. Constitution: due process, the balance of powers, the states’ rights to regulate …
Kindness
Abraham Joshua Heschel was a Jewish theologian and philosopher with a social consciousness that led him to participate in the civil rights movement. I love what he says here, though intelligence still impresses me, for what that’s worth.
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On Facebook: AGE TEST: How Many of You Actually Saw The Beatles on Ed Sullivan 62 Years Ago Today?
I did; I was eight years old. What I remember most about it was that my (classical) piano teacher was quite disappointed with me that I would lower myself to such garbage.
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