Generally True Patterns #18
Generally True Patterns: A New Natural History of Recognizing Ourselves as a Part of Nature Part 18 of 22 Chapter 7 Part I Loss (symptoms of beauty) My observations come out of being struck by the beauty of order characterizing nature. Describing the...
Generally True Patterns #19
Generally True Patterns: A New Natural History of Recognizing Ourselves as a Part of Nature Part 19 of 22 Chapter 7 Part II Loss (tiger) An economy and a politics based on loss rather than on pattern recognition is one that leads to...
Generally True Patterns #20
Generally True Patterns: A New Natural History of Recognizing Ourselves as a Part of Nature Part 20 of 22 Chapter 7 Part III Loss (environmentalism) The long series of defeats for the environmentalist cause stems from accepting a debate...
Generally True Patterns #21
Generally True Patters: A New Natural History of Recognizing Ourselves as a Part of Nature Part 21 of 22 Chapter 8 Inclusion (patterns) Three of us were finishing lunch at the most popular restaurant in town. A fireplace just behind gave...
Generally True Patterns #22
Generally True Patterns: A New Natural History of Recognizing Ourselves as a Part of Nature Part 22 of 22 Generally True Patterns by Chapter (what it all comes to) I am aware of the complexity of my argument, and of the...
Putin and Permafrost, My Alarmed Hot Arctic Observations
In January, President Biden spoke about the situation in Ukraine with the almost throw-away message to President Putin, as interpreted by New York Times opinion writer Thomas Friedman: You think Ukraine is a mess, wait until all the Permafrost melts beneath Siberia....
Unmasked Anti Vaxxers Save America
Many of us are aware and acutely concerned about onrushing environmental destruction from climate havoc, among other causes. But judged by the do-nothing or don’t-do-much approach of all industrialized countries, is there much difference between denial to act on...
Environmentalist No Go Phrases
Arid country, Brown's Canyon National Monument The severity of the environmental crises we face should not be downplayed with poor word choices. Here are my top three: Tipping Point The argument in favor of saving nature often goes something like this: “If we don’t...
COVID as Our Ally
The struggle against Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is usually described in military terms. We are in a “battle, even a war against an insidious enemy. We must marshal the forces of medical science for a campaign to...
Hammett, William James, Van Leeuwenhoek explain Trump Cult
If you are like me, you have been looking to Nick and Nora Charles to solve the mystery of the Trump cult-like popularity. The novelist Dashiell Hammett created the crime solving couple in the 1930s; they appeared in movies starring Myrna Loy and William Powell. I...