The Anthropocene Epoch
The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn of human-influenced age
Month: October 2016
think about it
The Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinction Event
World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns
Living Planet Index shows vertebrate populations are set to decline by 67% on 1970 levels unless urgent action is taken to reduce humanity’s impact. The number of wild animals living on Earth is set to fall by two-thirds by 2020, according to a new report, part of a mass extinction that is destroying the natural world upon which humanity depends.
GOP De-evolution
“Honest Abe” — “Nixon the deceiver” — “post-truth Trump”
from Lincoln to Trump
How the Republican Party went from Lincoln to Trump
Vox (7:20)
Understanding how Hillary Clinton would govern
Understanding how Hillary Clinton would govern
Vox (15:16)
Authoritarianism
Authoritarianism: The political science that explains Trump
Vox (6:44)
idem alio modo
political dogma
political dogma: Prescribed doctrine proclaimed as unquestionably true by a particular group: the difficulty of resisting political dogma … it’s always other people who believe unquestioningly in dogma and who take a dogmatic approach to important issues.
Emperor Trump?
“Mirabile visu o tempora o mores!”
the empty pot
The Emperor and the Flower Seeds
Long ago, in this very kingdom, there lived an Emperor who loved nature. Anything he planted burst into bloom. Up came flowers, bushes and even big fruit trees, as if by magic! Of everything in nature, he loved flowers most of all, and he tended his own garden every day. But the Emperor was very old, and he needed to choose a successor to the throne. Who would his successor be? How would the Emperor decide? As the Emperor loved flowers so much, he decided that flowers would help him choose.