Over the past few decades, billionaire Bill Gates has invested heavily into various technologies associated with climate change mitigation. Here are his thoughts on reducing the emissions from the meat industry, presented in an article in which he points out, …
Category: Sustainability
Worst-Case Scenarios for Humankind
Planting a vegetable garden is a wonderful thing to do, but why the silly hyperbole? The “barter system” dates back 6000 years; it’s by far the oldest form of economic transaction. I give you corn and you cut my hair …
Tagged with: Human Civilization
Religion in the Middle East: A Big Taboo
With all the media coverage of the vicious terrorist attack on Israel, it’s weird that no one seems to mention religion as the proximate cause of this atrocity. For a moment, imagine a scenario in which none of the players …
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Bridges
I’ve mentioned my fondness for A Word a Day, presented by the noted linguist Anu Garg. Not only is it good for the vocabulary, it includes a “thought for the day” which is generally quite interesting. Here’s today’s from -Ivo …
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Gray Water
I ran into a plumber just now, who, when the subject of environmental sustainability came up, explained that his pet peeve is our society’s lack of concern about the use of potable water for applications in which “gray water” would …
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On Education
These is no denying the truth here. I’m reminded of a story about the child prodigy Frederic Chopin. By the time he was eight, he’d been a pupil of every piano teacher in Warsaw, Poland, the closest city to his …
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“Civilized” Society
The word “civilized,” used as an attribute of a society,” is a gray one indeed. It’s true that there are international laws that prohibit slavery, torture, and a wide variety of war crimes. It’s also true that we have veterans, …
Buckminster Fuller’s Dream for Human Civilization
What an extraordinary man was Buckminster Fuller. Obviously, his vision for humankind never came to fruition, nor does it appear it ever will. Sure, war and greed are “unnecessary,” but they are a product of our darkest underlying modalities of …
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Questioning the Value of College
This New York Times podcast on the changing perspective on the value of a college education examines the two most powerful forces at work: 1) Personal finances. Until quite recently, one of the broadest assumptions about parenting in the U.S. …
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Nike’s “Woke”
A couple of points on the meme here: Nike is worth $146 billion and change. They’re among the top brands on the planet, and they don’t care what a former Yankees pitcher thinks. The vast majority of Americans pride themselves …
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