INTEGRITY OF LIFE

Convenience is killing community, and late-stage capitalism is delighted.

Which way will our enslavement to computers go in the next few years?

Are we wasting our human resources by trying to keep them safe?

Who is right? Will staying at home or going back to work result in more people dying? We don’t know.

Ultimately nature will achieve the balance that it is always aiming for – with us or without us.

There is an objectivity, a humble self-forgetfulness, in recognizing the beauty that exists even when life is a wreck.

Don’t be discouraged if you don’t know how you can make change happen. There is still great work for you to do.

What concerns me today is who we’ll choose to be, once this has settled down and the prospect for a new normal seems possible.

Solidarity and suggestions.

To encourage alternate ways to approach ourselves and the world, this week I offer two poems rather than an essay.

A review of a book that challenges our assumptions about human and nonhuman nature.

Why is anxiety disorder more common in wealthy countries than in disadvantaged ones?

If water systems collapse, or if we decide to simplify voluntarily, we may be surprised at the lifestyle changes that await us.

Offer one change to our current economic system that would be an imaginative solution to a pressing issue. Unfettered thinking required.

Concerning the delights of gardening.

Applying the concepts of sustainability, balance, stability, and maturity in all aspects of life.

What habits of mind prevent us from acting in the face of future climate change disasters?

Collapse can’t happen soon enough, as far as I’m concerned.

The point about education is that you put money in and get education out, not that you get rich.

While we must teach literacy and aim for fluency, we must also do a lot more reading aloud and story-telling than we currently do.