Category: CommUnity of Minds

This is an excerpt from the first chapter of a new book, reposted from The New York Times. Jared Diamond A few summers ago I visited two dairy farms, Huls […]

On his website, Mark Shepard writes: Contrary to his portrayal by Longfellow, Hiawatha was a statesman, peacemaker, and co-founder of the Iroquois League, Confederacy, or Confederation. This following address by […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]