Democracy as a Way of Life

AI does not have a conscience.  Why relate to a conscience-less thing as if were personal?  

How can Earth system science reach us personally? A composer and science communicator, Judy Twedt has some ideas.

The only good academic is as good as the trash collector.

Coming to know your neighbors is patient, quiet, thoughtful work that can end up being domestic, fun, and comforting.  We are the stitchers of a collective quilt, the squares of which are patches of our contiguous living.

If a bridge is burning, it may not be the moment to cross it. Stay on your island—preferably with friends, with people you care for and trust. And keep up the work that gives language life.

Selfishness is now realism, unrestrained, unapologetic, and brash.  Realistic people are selfish, and selfishness is a real virtue. 

How do we arrive at some sense of being at home in the world without aspiring to own it?

Legal theorist Richard Sherwin discusses the emotional and axiological excess underneath the passion to change constitutions.

Eva Meijer lives philosophically with Earth others.

So it was that we drove into Minerva, Ohio, population around a few thousand. The general election was right around the corner.