Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology Gregory Bateson
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Forcing the Balance, Or How I Learned to Stop Worshiping Star Wars and Understand Myself
This piece began in the Spring of 2002 as an essay that I thought would provide a compelling new understanding of the Star Wars films. After writing more than a dozen versions, I had yet to produce something that met…
The Incredibles Save… Themselves!
Ayn Rand made a pretty good living and quite a reputation convincing people to resent how the “common” masses resent the “special” few and then strive to cut those special people down to common size. Rand believed that special people…
Adding a Final Nail to the Coffin
When they die, many people have embalming fluid fill their bodies to keep them from rotting. The body then goes into fine clothing and sometimes makeup. The clothed body, sometimes accompanied by other personal property, then lies within plush padding.…
The Truth (Damned Truth) of Election Statistics
The year 2004. A multiple of four. That means at least three things. A leap year, the Summer Olympics, and the U.S. Presidential election. As for leap year, though it certainly applies this year, it actually doesn’t happen every multiple…
Humanity’s Environmental Future: Making Sense in a Troubled World
Humanity’s Environmental Future: Making Sense in a Troubled World William Ross McCluney
Civilization and Its Discontents
Civilization and Its Discontents Sigmund Freud
Getting to the Source: Readings on Sustainable Values
Getting to the Source: Readings on Sustainable Values William Ross McCluney
Beyond Civilization: Humanity’s Next Great Adventure
Beyond Civilization: Humanity’s Next Great Adventure Daniel Quinn Beyond Civilization Reading Group Guide, by Daniel Quinn Beyond Civilization Study Guide, by Daniel Quinn and Alan Thornhill
Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium Carl Sagan