Privileged Life
A Privileged Life Looking back at the nearly 90 years of my life, I realize that I have been one of the most privileged humans ever to have lived at any time since humankind became self conscious. I have male privilege, white privilege, English language privilege, American privilege, and the privilege of good health and […]
The Five ‘E’s
ENERGY, ENTROPY, ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, EXPONENTIAL GROWTH INTRODUCTION The outer shell of planet Earth and all of its inhabitants are in an existential crisis. The natural world, which includes all vegetative, animal, and human life as well as the land, water, and air within which life exists, is changing more rapidly than at any time in […]
Frustration after 2020 election
My post-election thoughts. Letters to my senators. As our President-Elect would say? “Come on, Folks. Let’s get real.” We are an animal species. And like all animals we eat and we shit. Now, there are nearly 8 billion of us eating and shitting. And each of us has been eating exponentially more every year since […]