We continue with excerpts from Elisabet Sahtouris’ EarthDance. Elisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D. The Greek myth of Gaian creation began with an image of the goddess whirling out of darkness, wrapped in […]
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Stewart Brand Thanks to the wild acceleration of technological change. Digital Information is being rendered irretrievable almost as soon as it is stored. Welcome to what could be the dawn […]
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Yogi Sri Aurobindo So long as war does not become psychologically impossible, it will remain or, if banished for a while, return. War itself, it is hoped, will end war; […]
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If we examine the list of Nobel laureates for female names, we will find only a few. Some have wondered, “Where are the female geniuses?” One of the interesting phenomena […]
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“We know how to solve our problems. We just don’t use what we know.” –Alfred Korzybski We continue this week’s series by Professor Wendell Berry. He has farmed a hillside in […]
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Elisabet Sartouris, Ph.D. Our present scientific understanding of Earth’s evolution is far from complete and may be subject to change in even its essential fundamentals, as I will propose after […]
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Timothy Wilken Again, I want to thank reader, Oxygon, for introducing me to the writings of Wendell Berry. This morning Professor Berry will explain in his powerful and elegant way that Humanity’s […]
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Elisabet Sartouris, Ph.D. In studying the Earth’s evolution, the most fascinating story I know is that of ancient beings who created an incredibly complex lifestyle, rife with technological successes such […]
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Timothy Wilken A reader, Oxygon, forwarded the following essay by Wendell Berry, who is the author of thirty two books of fiction, poetry. and essays, including Sabbaths; Sex, Economy, Freedom, & […]
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The following article is based on responses to a series of questions posed by the Foundation For the Future. Elisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D. What are the factors that are most critical […]
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