Terra Incognita
My partner and I have been watching back episodes of Nova for several weeks now on PBS. Last evening, as we watched "What’s Living In You?" and "Can We Make Life?" I realized that part of why I like the show so much is that it’s filled with people from all over the...
Scapegoat
I’ve been exploring the concept of scapegoating. The information I’ve uncovered so far indicates the idea originates in the Bible, though I won’t be surprised if I discover pre-Christian roots to the practice. Briefly, in Biblical times, two goats were chosen when the...
The Story Writes the Writer
One of the powerful lessons our planet has to teach us (if only more would listen!) is the miracle of complex systems. Scientists are beginning to understand our old paradigm of mechanistic reductionism does not honor how intricately and elegantly chemistry, geology,...