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Uprooting Civilization

by Keith Farnish at the Earth Blog     Uprooting Civilization (Part 1) I have a great fear. It has been with me for years now, haunting the background to my thoughts. This fear surmounts climate change, deforestation, peak oil,…

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NTHE Question #9

Now that you know near-term human extinction is inevitable, would you still want to have lived the life you are living now or would you have preferred to live during a different time period of our human existence on Earth?

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NTHE Questions #5 and #6

What would Planet Earth have been like if Homo sapiens female had been genetically similar to female praying mantises or female black widow spiders (i.e., practicing sexual cannibalism)? ** Assume you are politically omnipotent and can convince everyone on Earth…

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by Alton C. Thompson My recently-posted “What Would It Take?” essay lacks a statement of purpose.  As I have reflected on why it lacks one, I have come to conclude that the essay was a product of my unconscious mind! In…

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Dialog on Death

by Anne Pyterek and Guy McPherson, and initially posted at Blue Bus Books Buddha: (to a student of his) "How often do you think about death?" Student:: "Very often, probably dozens of times every day." Buddha: "That's not enough. You…

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