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Time to Get Out the Rat Poison

by Geoffrey Chia The Pilgrim's Progress Continues ... Billy Pilgrim, courtesy of the Tralfamadorians, fell through a crack in the fabric of time and started hopping about the temporal landscape. Similarly we too are jumping back and forth between articles…

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Picking Cherries

I'm routinely accused of cherry picking information about climate change. I plead guilty, with the following 1,000-word disclaimer and recognition that everybody else picks cherries, too. One of the differences between me and the others: I admit my bias, and…

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Sea Gypsy Tribal Principles

by Ray Jason at The Sea Gypsy Philosopher As the old man’s cayuco nudged up alongside AVENTURA, I sensed that there was something different about him this morning, but I couldn’t quite place what it was. He greeted me with…

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What is Your Calligraphy?

by Jonathan DeJong I wrote this essay for a collapsitarian group I belong to on Facebook. I was struck by the myriad little kingdoms even we climate-aware folks have compartmentalized ourselves into. I was somewhat despondent at the lack of…

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The Meaning of Life to an Armadillo

by Geoffrey Chia The genesis for this ancient essay arose during internet discussions with the "meaning of life and everything society" or MOLES chat group under the pseudonym Gandalf. Many years later his essay was published in the Australian Rationalist…

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Mechanistic Progress; Holistic Wisdom

by Eamon Farrelly Solving a problem relies first upon a trustworthy identification of the problem. This can be easy with simple problems, like a flat tire. It can be extremely difficult with complex problems such as climate change or the…

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