Monthly Archives: June 2024
JUNE 11, TUESDAY
TWO WORLDS What I am wonder about is how I can feel comfortable eating a pancake breakfast at Flag Pond with people who are friendly and fun to sit with. And then feel at home the same day in Asheville
JUNE 11, TUESDAY
TWO WORLDS What I am wonder about is how I can feel comfortable eating a pancake breakfast at Flag Pond with people who are friendly and fun to sit with. And then feel at home the same day in Asheville
JUNE 10, MONDAY
TWO WORLDS: COSMOPOLITAN ASHEVILLE After visiting the Laurel Community Center Junior Bio Blitz we went to Susie‘s house and I napped. But then we were off to Asheville to a completely different world. Susie had heard from a friend about
JUNE 10, MONDAY
TWO WORLDS: COSMOPOLITAN ASHEVILLE After visiting the Laurel Community Center Junior Bio Blitz we went to Susie‘s house and I napped. But then we were off to Asheville to a completely different world. Susie had heard from a friend about
JUNE 9, SUNDAY
TWO WORLDS: LIBERAL OUTSIDERS On Saturday Susie and I drove on the to Laurel Community Center that is close to where Todd and Susie live. My mother, I think, as a young woman taught in an easily accessible one room
JUNE 9, SUNDAY
TWO WORLDS: LIBERAL OUTSIDERS On Saturday Susie and I drove on the to Laurel Community Center that is close to where Todd and Susie live. My mother, I think, as a young woman taught in an easily accessible one room
JUNE 8, SATURDAY
TWO WORLDS: TRADITIONAL MOUNTAIN CULTURE Yesterday I drove with Susie to Madison County on a journey of discovery. She had read about a pancake breakfast and flea market at the community center in Flag Pond which was just over the
JUNE 8, SATURDAY
TWO WORLDS: TRADITIONAL MOUNTAIN CULTURE Yesterday I drove with Susie to Madison County on a journey of discovery. She had read about a pancake breakfast and flea market at the community center in Flag Pond which was just over the
JUNE 7, FRIDAY
COOPERATION Harari argues that humans first lived as hunter gatherers in small groups in which everyone knew each other and depended upon each other. Hunter gatherers were animists with each group having their own world view. But with the shift
JUNE 7, FRIDAY
COOPERATION Harari argues that humans first lived as hunter gatherers in small groups in which everyone knew each other and depended upon each other. Hunter gatherers were animists with each group having their own world view. But with the shift
JUNE 6, THURSDAY
ENERGY One of the points that Hariri makes is that humans have plenty of clean energy sources. Our first source of energy was through photosynthesis, plants eaten by animals or humans or animals eaten by humans. This condemned both animals
JUNE 6, THURSDAY
ENERGY One of the points that Hariri makes is that humans have plenty of clean energy sources. Our first source of energy was through photosynthesis, plants eaten by animals or humans or animals eaten by humans. This condemned both animals
JUNE 5, WEDNESDAY
HAPPINESS All the way through Sapiens Yuval Harari questions whether each new form of living together and new world view made people happier or not. He admits that happiness or satisfaction is an illusive term and hard to measure or
JUNE 5, WEDNESDAY
HAPPINESS All the way through Sapiens Yuval Harari questions whether each new form of living together and new world view made people happier or not. He admits that happiness or satisfaction is an illusive term and hard to measure or
JUNE 4, TUESDAY
THINGS Hunter gatherers moved from place to place and had only the possessions that they could carry, things that were basic to staying alive. But with the agricultural revolution the surplus of food allowed all kinds of artisans to be
JUNE 4, TUESDAY
THINGS Hunter gatherers moved from place to place and had only the possessions that they could carry, things that were basic to staying alive. But with the agricultural revolution the surplus of food allowed all kinds of artisans to be
JUNE 3, MONDAY
Fundamentalism Yuval Harari sees humans from a biological perspective. Humans are the way they are because of the chance incremental changes brought about mutatation of DNA which led, by chance, to our large brains and cognitive abilities. In order to
JUNE 3, MONDAY
Fundamentalism Yuval Harari sees humans from a biological perspective. Humans are the way they are because of the chance incremental changes brought about mutatation of DNA which led, by chance, to our large brains and cognitive abilities. In order to
JUNE 2, SUNDAY
SAPIENS Phil Diehn, one of the members of my old man’s group read a book titled Sapiens by Yuval Harari. When sending me the title he wrote, “One of the all time best books of my life.” Bill Gates on
JUNE 2, SUNDAY
SAPIENS Phil Diehn, one of the members of my old man’s group read a book titled Sapiens by Yuval Harari. When sending me the title he wrote, “One of the all time best books of my life.” Bill Gates on
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