“The destiny of our species is shaped by the imperatives of survival on six distinct time scales. To survive means to compete successfully on all six time scales. But the unit of survival is different at each of the six… Read More ›
nature
Swami Krishnananda
“Nature never does a bad thing. There is no such thing as a bad thing for Nature. It looks unpleasant, because we are outside nature, psychologically. If we are one with Nature, we will see nothing improper taking place. We… Read More ›
Diane Setterfield in ‘The Thirteenth Tale’
“People disappear when they die. Their voice, their laughter, the warmth of their breath. Their flesh. Eventually their bones. All living memory of them ceases. This is both dreadful and natural. Yet for some there is a exception to this… Read More ›
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Opening Sentence:One June morning in 2004, Ana Maria Santi sat against a post beneath a large palm-thatched canopy, frowning as she watched a gathering of her people in Mazaraka, their hamlet on the Rio Conambu, an Ecuadorian tributary of the… Read More ›
Rafferty's Rules is Closing Down 