The single most marvelous fact of nature is that modern humans were invented AFTER the modern human body was fully evolved, about 60 thousand years ago when art, symbolic language, community and technology more or less all abruptly appeared without precedent.

Aim for social justice, equality, and the beloved community. Love and laugh more for love and joy are the strongest of all forces. How do we survive a collapse? August 30, 2016. What does that mean? August 23, 2016.

Do You Want Some Coffee? Architecture is hard to understand. Noble minds and smart people have advanced its debate in spite of their abilities. Sometimes its a lot of hype, other times its pretty inspiring. Friday, November 10, 2006. With Scully, our inheritance, our history, becomes human. Of course Meis had already done almost the same thing - at least .

Climate Denial Crock of the Week. To those in the fact free zone, remedial science would seem like a prison, indeed. Another Doctor who is no Rocket Scientist. My sinister plan to save the world.

Appearing on PBS this week.

Imagining a human place in nature. 1 The River Owns Itself. 2 Causation, Complexity, and Life. 4 From a Single Cell to Human Awareness and the Self. 5 The Fresh Pond Marshes. 7 White Geese at Rush Hour. 8 A World Beyond Our Intentions. 9 The Muddy Edge of Sky. 10 The Dream of Perfect Control. 11 A Promise of Future. Walks on the Boundary Line. This WordPress site is an online home for my book. The chapters are listed in the sidebar to the right, in order.

How Does the World Work? See the About page for a description of the subjects of interest covered in this blog. This link will provide a set of indexes to the posts in various series.