Peter R. Wills Biological systems display extraordinary dynamic complexity. They are integrated both within and across multiple levels in time and space. The highest level where intricate dynamic complexity is […]
Continue readingNuclear Waste: Making the Problem into a Solution
Win Wenger writes: The end product of radioactivity is heat—enough heat, when brought together, to melt and pump sodium as a thermal conductor, or oil or steam if less than […]
Continue readingA New Tax System for the United States
President Bush sent Congress a $2.23 trillion spending plan last week that would accelerate tax cuts to bolster the weak economy, overhaul some of the government’s biggest social programs and shower […]
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Reposted from Ming the Mechanic. Flemming Funch In times of change it can be useful to look back at other times of cultural change, at least those that can be […]
Continue readingNEEDED: Department of Planetary Management
Joseph George Caldwell, Ph.D. Because the current system of planetary management (large human numbers and industrial activity) is causing mass species extinctions, there is an urgent need for widespread discussion […]
Continue readingHubris
Joseph George Caldwell, Ph.D. Each morning I check the SynEarth web site, CommUnity of Minds, to read the interesting articles that Dr. Timothy Wilken, a synergic scientist, posts there. A few days […]
Continue readingThe Fate of Planet Earth is in our Hands
Another article in our continuing series on the Fossil Fuel Depletion Crisis. Joseph George Caldwell, Ph.D. There is a lot of discussion in the news, and a lot of concern […]
Continue readingWhat happens when the oil runs out?
Part of our continuing series of articles on the Fossil Fuel Depletion Crisis. Joseph George Caldwell, Ph.D. This past week, The Economist (January 25, 2003) published an article entitled, “São […]
Continue readingWhat is Wealth?
Today we complete our introduction to synergic science basics with the seventh chapter from We Can All Win! Timothy Wilken The collective term we humans use to describe what we […]
Continue readingA Missed Opportunity to Rescue
Fri., Jan. 16: NASA’s flight director says a piece of what appeared to be foam insulation fell from the shuttle’s external tank just after launching and hit the shuttle’s left wing, […]
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