Category Archives: Communication

How to tell at a glance if the Moon is waxing or waning

Posted on September 24, 2019 by

Do you know how to tell at a glance whether the Moon is waxing or waning? Well, if you don’t, I’ll tell you how to do it — but first, an interlude: So… I just need you to focus on … Continue reading →

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How to ensure that your blog lives forever

Posted on July 18, 2018 by

I made a mistake a few weeks ago. I need to back up a bit and explain something. I hate advertising. I think it’s the devil’s own backyard. Don’t get me wrong: There’s nothing wrong with hawking one’s wares; if … Continue reading →

Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Computers and Internet, Education, Ludditis, Phlyarology, Strategy | Tagged , , | 43 Comments

Human Population Through Time

Posted on July 11, 2018 by

It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion — and only 200 years to reach 7 billion.

Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Core thought, Education, Environment, History, Phlyarology | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Unwinding the Human Predicament

Posted on July 4, 2018 by

From here, reproduced with permission from the author Jack Alpert of the Stanford Knowledge Integration Laboratory, with a hat tip to Damn the Matrix for pointing me in this direction: Note: this is an unfinished work, comments welcome alpert (at) … Continue reading →

Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Biodiversity, Communication, Core thought, Culture, Environment, Health, Strategy | Tagged , , , , | 14 Comments

Bacteria in Bottles – an example of Exponential Growth

Posted on June 27, 2018 by

Professor Albert Bartlett famously said: The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function. A short while ago I published a wibblette that tried to explain the exponential function. Dr Bob Rich added a … Continue reading →

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Join the Amazon Boycott!

Posted on June 20, 2018 by

Pages Unbound asked the question recently ‘How can Barnes & Noble save themselves?‘ and offers a variety of solutions to the problem. Of course the issue isn’t one faced just by Barnes & Noble, it applies to all vendors of … Continue reading →

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Bite size climate science: the persuaders

Posted on June 13, 2018 by

Climate science isn’t rocket science, but it is still complex, and complicated further by the misinformation spread by the Merchants of Doubt and their groupies, as well as those who have been persuaded by their underhand tactics over the years. … Continue reading →

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Please sign this petition!

Posted on June 2, 2018 by

Originally posted on Learning from Dogs:
S. Korea is the only country in the world with large-scale, commercial dog meat farms. Frankly, I wasn’t planning to publish a post today. But then in came an email from John Zande, he…

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Being in the moment: in search of wu wei

Posted on May 30, 2018 by

For this last day of my ‘three day quote challenge’ I offer you not one but two quotations: If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you … Continue reading →

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Swimmers is now open!

Posted on May 29, 2018 by

A new community for bloggers, now that the daily post is shutting its doors! Hmmm… something’s gone awry here, the Novus Lectio post I reblogged has gone walkies… No matter, you don’t want to be here anyway; you want to … Continue reading →

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