The Iroquois Confederacy long ago devised the rules of peace-making and negotiation after centuries of war and vengeance. What crucial lessons can we learn from them as we face a […]
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Interview with Michio Kaku
The following interview from 2001 was forwarded to me by reader Denise Anderson. Stephen Marshall Good morning Dr. Kaku. I guess the first thing we should do is clarify some terminology. Let’s […]
Continue readingThe Syntropy Revolution
The following essay was written in 1996, as exercise to describe the future 10 years later. Guy Dauncey The Atlantic Review, October 2006: In the year since Iqbal Kharoun and Elizabeth […]
Continue readingReturn to Nuclear Power
This essay was published under the title Nuclear Power is the Only Green Solution in YES! Magazine. James Lovelock Sir David King, the British Government’s chief scientist, was far-sighted to […]
Continue readingA Life Lived Whole
Reposted from YES! Magazine. Parker Palmer “There is in all things a hidden wholeness.” Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk and mystic who wrote these words, was speaking of the human […]
Continue readingThe Miracle of Dialogue
From the author of Effectiveness Training for Women. Linda Adams How often have you had the experience of being with another person where you show an interest in them by […]
Continue readingThe Neurobiology of Mass Delusion
Reposted from the Global Public Media. Jason Bradford History is replete with examples of social organizations, whether a business or a nation, that failed to perceive the realities of a […]
Continue readingI Believe – Kurzweil
Interesting series at The Edge. What do you believe is true, even though you cannot prove it? Ray Kurzweil We will find ways to circumvent the speed of light as […]
Continue readingI Believe – Spelke
Interesting series at The Edge. What do you believe is true, even though you cannot prove it? Elizabeth Spelke I believe, first, that all people have the same fundamental concepts, […]
Continue readingMaking the World Work
My focus for 2005 is to Think Globally, but Act Locally so I am busy with my new class A Time for Healing in Monterey, California. … So today, I […]
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