by Beth Alderman | Oct 31, 2020 | Should Sapiens Survive?
The Last Shade is Burning “Leiberg began his piece by stating that ‘a steadily progressing aridity is slowly replacing former, more humid climactic conditions from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific.” – Fifth issue of National Geographic, via Jack Nesbitt...
by Beth Alderman | Oct 24, 2020 | General
“If men in their greed cut forests that preserve and distill moisture, clear fields, take the shelter of trees from creeks and rivers, [and] drain the water from swamps so that they can be cleared and cultivated, they prevent vapor from rising. And if it does not...
by Beth Alderman | Oct 24, 2020 | General
“[We have] excessive confidence in what we believe we know, [and an] apparent inability to acknowledge the full extent of our ignorance and the uncertainty of the world we live in.” – Daniel Kahneman in Thinking, Fast and Slow Imagine that you have been invited...
by Beth Alderman | Oct 17, 2020 | Should Sapiens Survive?
“If there is going to be a new green economy in Appalachia, this is how it will happen: one relationship at a time – between people, between people and land. [It] won’t make headlines. But it just might help put eastern Kentucky back together again.” –...
by Beth Alderman | Oct 17, 2020 | Should Sapiens Survive?
“One of Crutzen’s fellow Nobelists reportedly came home from his lab one night and told his wife, ‘The work is going well, but it looks like it might be the end of the world.’” – Elizabeth Kolbert in The Sixth Extinction To make sense of our lives and the life...
by Beth Alderman | Oct 12, 2020 | General
“When you believe in things you don’t understand, you suffer / Superstition ain’t the way.” – Stevie Wonder in “Superstition” Briefly, scientism is worshipping the tools and trappings of science—in short, the idolatry of the Trojan Horse, the golden calf, or...
