In the past two weeks I have been shocked by statements from some pundits and politicians that seem to deny the reality of the COVID-19 epidemic, even as the evidence of its lethal and catastrophic potential rises exponentially. Denialism is the insistence on believing something because you want to, regardless of the facts (see: Denialism and its […]
I gave the following 5-minute talk titled “The Secret Sauce of Human Thriving” at the Long Now Boston Flash Talks event January 6, 02020. The inspiration was the challenge to “envision the future” – and to present a case for continued advances in human thriving 100 years in the future. I chose to focus on […]
In May I posted the Delicate Intricacies of Sex and Gender, noting some of the latest findings in science relevant to the cultural disputes dealing with sex and gender. I concluded that our cultural precepts about gender need to change. Needless to say, that is a huge challenge. Historically, one of the key drivers of […]
I have been arranging the speakers for the Long Now Boston Conversation Series. It has been taking quite a bit of my time (hence fewer posts on Spiral Inquiry) but the results have been satisfying. The fall program has been covering a very wide range of topics (see below). I also had the opportunity to […]
My presentation to the SSE on Emergence and Intention has been released on video. The presentation is based on my Essay The How and the Why of Emergence and Intention ((see: Spiral Inquiry post), and it offers a rebuttal of the multiverse theory and explains how the universe is fundamentally beneficent in its nature and […]
