sustainability

  • The Holy Triangle

    The third year in my Forest Management degree consisted of three classes I now refer to as The Holy Triangle. Forest Ecology in the Fall, then Forest Economics and Timber Management the following Spring. Everyone in the College of Natural… Continue reading

  • A Sustainable Economy

    An effective and sustainable economic structure would not need to change to cope with times of war, peace, natural disaster, feast, or famine. Continue reading

  • Quantum AI

    In the end, there is no difference between adapting too fast and not adapting fast enough. All of the problems we face in this world are caused by our reluctance to see ourselves as part of the environment. We stubbornly… Continue reading

  • The Path of Greatest Risk

    The largest engine of evolution is the cycle of feast and famine. During the feast, when energy and resources are abundant, individuals have the time and freedom to experiment and explore, creating and discovering many new things. However, when the… Continue reading

  • A Question of Alignment

    What if the Mayans practiced human sacrifice to control their population numbers, and all the mythology and ritual was just and effort to make the misery of it more emotionally tollerable? Such internal sacrifice is a good way to control… Continue reading

  • Culture

    Culture: the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. — From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition. A society’s culture can either be a tool… Continue reading