Reposted from The Guardian UK. Johnjoe McFadden What prompted Good King Wenceslas to look out on that feast of Stephen? And why should he have cared that the poor man […]
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Yesterday, we introduced a new idea called Biomimicry. Today we follow with an interview of the author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. An Interview with Janine Benyus 1) What […]
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Thanks for the link to Marguerite Hampton. Unknown Author Natural Intelligence: All organisms ~ plants, animals, fungi, algae, and bacteria ~ must grow, maintain, feed, and reproduce to ensure their […]
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A good guy and fellow student of Alfred Korzybski writes this morning. Reposted from Ming the Mechanic. Flemming Funch One could say that there are several different kinds of logic, […]
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Regular readers of the SynEARTH Network know I believe humanity is facing an extinction level crisis. I have even written a book about it. At CommUnity of Minds, I focus on […]
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Timothy Wilken Making money is not the same as creating life support. Elsewhere I have defined mutual life support to be synergic wealth. Money was defined as neutral wealth. We […]
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Reposted from EDGE. Stuart A. Kauffman In his famous book, What is Life?, Erwin Schrödinger asks, “What is the source of the order in biology?” He arrives at the idea […]
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Reposted from EDGE. John Brockman In 1991, in an essay entitled “The Emerging Third Culture,” I put forward the following argument: In the past few years, the playing field of […]
Continue readingThe Will Not to Believe
We humans are great at not believing what we don´t want to believe. There are none so blind as those that will not see, nor none so deaf as those […]
Continue readingThe Final Energy Crisis
The following is the introduction to a new book that is nearing publication. Andrew McKillop Willingly or not the world will learn what Peak Oil means. The major underlying theme of […]
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