by Beth Alderman | Dec 18, 2020 | Should Sapiens Survive?
Fear of Life “Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.” – Maya Angelou Though the dodo bird is long extinct, its name lives on as a reminder that sapiens took their lack of fear—and...
by Beth Alderman | Nov 22, 2020 | Should Sapiens Survive?
The UN and the Grassroots Step Up “Only very recently in human did people realize that Homo sapiens, and everything it finds meaningful, might permanently disappear. [This discovery] is perhaps one of our crowning achievements. Why? Because we can only become truly...
by Beth Alderman | Nov 22, 2020 | Should Sapiens Survive?
Screens for Dark Enchantment “The world has failed to meet a single target to stem the destruction of wildlife and life-sustaining ecosystems in the last decade… it is the second consecutive decade that governments have failed to meet targets.” – Patrick...
by Beth Alderman | Nov 14, 2020 | Should Sapiens Survive?
Travel to the Living Earth—Without Leaving It “Deep in the forests of Ecuador, preservationists have created the first ‘quiet park’… the Taiwanese forest bureau recognized a ‘National Silence Trail’… [New Zealand’s] MacKenzie River Basin received their Dark Sky...
by Beth Alderman | Nov 14, 2020 | Should Sapiens Survive?
Devolution “Lemmings… come charging down… to burst into the sea… and drown. Man… break[s]… into groups which destroy one another. We do not know the reasons for…the sudden mutation in the group psyche which makes lemmings men react in such an interesting way.”...
by Beth Alderman | Nov 6, 2020 | Should Sapiens Survive?
Thinking Fast “Perhaps we will have to inspect mankind as a species, not with our usual awe at how wonderful we are, but with the cool and neutral attitude we reserve for all things save ourselves.” – John Steinbeck in America and Americans For people who...
