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This blog explores the spiral journey as we seek to understand the world and to increase our collective wisdom. I am delighted that you have chosen to spend some time with me. Please share your thoughts in the comment section at the end of each post. We all learn best together.
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February 15, 2021
Reflect, Redirect and Renew | Spiral Inquiry
July 1, 2020
PLEASE VOTE – AND VOTE WISELY
June 10, 2020
GOOD NEWS – BAD NEWS
May 10, 2020 • 2 Comments
WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD?
March 29, 2020
DENIALISM BECOMES LETHAL
January 16, 2020
EMPATHY AND HUMAN THRIVING
October 27, 2019
LONG NOW BOSTON | FALL PROGRAM
October 27, 2019
A RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE ON SEX AND GENDER
August 1, 2019
THE FATE OF DEMOCRACY USA
July 18, 2019
VIDEO: THE EMERGENT CASCADE — A BENEFICENT UNIVERSE
July 17, 2019
ONE DAY – A STORY
May 16, 2019
ON SCIENCE, SPIRIT, AND OUR SEARCH FOR MEANING
May 15, 2019
THE IMMEDIACY OF THE LONG NOW
April 23, 2019
INTERNET EVILS: TWO THINGS TO MAKE IT BETTER
March 29, 2019 • One Comment
FAITH IS FUNDAMENTAL TO SCIENCE
March 29, 2019
THE RE-EMERGENCE OF AN OLD CONCEPT: ÉLAN VITAL
March 8, 2019
GRAPPLING WITH THE PUZZLES OF MATHEMATICS
March 2, 2019
WHAT IS SPIRAL INQUIRY ABOUT? | VIDEO INTERVIEW
February 21, 2019
UNCERTAINTY AND HUMAN PERCEPTION | VIDEO
February 13, 2019
LAUNCHING THE FUTURE | LONG NOW BOSTON
January 19, 2019
TRANSFORMING THE MASCULINE CULTURE
December 6, 2018
TECH-TONIC SHIFTS IN MOBILITY | LONG NOW BOSTON
December 2, 2018
A CALL FOR RATIONAL SKEPTICISM ABOUT FOODS — INCLUDING GMO
November 10, 2018
DEEP UNCERTAINTY AND DYNAMIC ADAPTATION | LONG NOW BOSTON
October 5, 2018
PROMISE AND PERIL IN AI | LONG NOW BOSTON
September 24, 2018
BIOMIMETIC REVOLUTION: POST-MODERN CHEMISTRY
September 18, 2018
DENIALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS
September 13, 2018
HOUSING PEOPLE IN PLACE AND TIME | LONG NOW BOSTON
July 18, 2018
WHAT IS GOD – A VIDEO MEDITATION
June 5, 2018
WHY THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF CIVILIZATION IN SPACE
May 10, 2018
IT’S TIME FOR HARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ETHICS
May 10, 2018
RE-RUNNING THE TAPE OF LIFE – EVOLUTION AND PURPOSE
April 24, 2018
Progress Report on The Science and Religion Dialogue
April 10, 2018
THE EGGPLANT: ANOTHER HI-TECH MIRACLE
April 9, 2018
THE MYTH OF DEMOCRACY: WE ARE FOOLING OURSELVES!
March 20, 2018
BLACK CLOUDS AND SILVER LININGS | PEP TALK
March 8, 2018
ASTEROID FUTURES: DECADE – CENTURY – MILLENNIUM
March 5, 2018
LOVE OF TRUTH: EMPTY WITHOUT ACTION
March 5, 2018
#METOO: REFORMING THE CULTURE OF SEX
March 5, 2018 • One Comment
#NEVERAGAIN: CHANGING THE CULTURE OF GUNS
January 15, 2018
THE EMPERORS HAVE NO CLOTHES | PEP TALK
January 8, 2018
FINDING TRUTH IN A TUMULTUOUS WORLD | HOPE FOR 2018
January 1, 2018
FAITH IS FUNDAMENTAL | FQXI 2018
December 28, 2017
WHAT IS WRONG WITH SCIENCE?
December 8, 2017
INTEGRATING KNOWLEDGE AND FAITH – MY PERSONAL JOURNEY (CONCLUSION)
December 6, 2017
MULTIDIMENSIONAL LAYERING OF TASTE, CULTURE, PLACE AND TIME
November 26, 2017
WHAT IS GOD? | VIDEO INTERVIEW
November 17, 2017
PLAYING IN THE DEEP, DEEP SAND OF SCIENCE AND NON-DUALITY
October 11, 2017
THE WORLD IS GETTING BETTER | PEP TALKS
October 5, 2017
THE FUTURE OF FOOD, AND THE LONG NOW FUTURE OF TIME
October 3, 2017
SPIRALS IN NATURE AND IN SPIRIT
September 30, 2017
CHOOSE WISELY – MY PERSONAL JOURNEY (EPISODE 7)
September 22, 2017
PEP TALK 3 – THINK LOCALLY, ACT LOCALLY!
September 11, 2017
THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF COGNITIVE BIAS – AND HOW TO DEFEND AGAINST IT
September 7, 2017
INTRINSIC VALUE VS. INSTRUMENTAL VALUE – WHAT DO WE CHOOSE?
August 30, 2017 • One Comment
WHAT IS MEANT TO BE? – MY PERSONAL JOURNEY (EPISODE 6)
August 24, 2017
A SPIRAL THREAD ON RATIONALITY – WHY NASSIM TALEB IS WRONG
August 21, 2017
PEP TALK 2 | CLIMATE CATASTROPHE AVERTED!
August 13, 2017
LOVE’S EMBRACE – MY PERSONAL JOURNEY (EPISODE 5)
August 10, 2017
TRANSFORMATIONAL FIRE | SWEDENBORG FOUNDATION
August 1, 2017
PEP TALK – PEACE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE!
July 21, 2017
NEW: THE UNEXAMINED FAITH AT THE FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE
July 21, 2017
THE UNEXAMINED FAITH AT THE FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE
July 3, 2017
MINDING THE GAPS – MY PERSONAL JOURNEY (EPISODE 3)
June 18, 2017
FIELD REPORT – THE FRONT LINES OF SCIENTIFIC ANOMALIES
June 14, 2017 • One Comment
SOURCES OF FAITH – MY PERSONAL JOURNEY
June 11, 2017
THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL – MY PERSONAL JOURNEY (EPISODE 2)
June 9, 2017
THE BIG GMO DEBATE
June 1, 2017 • 2 Comments
THE ANSWER TO “THE HOW AND THE WHY”
May 29, 2017
WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT SPIRALS?
May 1, 2017
BEGINNING THE JOURNEY
November 13, 2015
A New Evolution Debate – Does Religion Evolve
September 22, 2014
How can There be Order in Randomness
September 27, 2013 • One Comment
Resolving a Self-Contradiction in Neuroscience
April 11, 2013
Science and Theology – Super Cooperators
October 2, 2012
P versus NP and the Puzzle of Complexity
September 20, 2012
The “God-like” Puzzles of Mathematics
May 9, 2012
Explaining the Puzzles of Physics
We often say that we go backward one step for every two steps forward. It is more accurate to describe the process as a spiral. We revisit each question, each challenge, and each unresolved struggle time and time again. As they come back around, we have, hopefully, learned and deepened our understanding. That trajectory is one of an outward, and infinite, spiral.
Categories
- ARCHIVED 10
- Complexity 1
- Culture 18
- Essay 7
- Institutions 10
- Journal 9
- Nature 15
- Philosophy 21
- Reason 10
- Technology 12
- Values 21
- Video 11