Why Won't WE™ Change Direction?
People enjoying the shoreline at Sleeping Bear Dunes , Michigan
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Exploring Acceptance
Seeing the forest through the trees can be difficult; this is the Section Eight Woods in the Cache River Wetlands in Southern Illinois
Myths About Hunter/Gatherers, Violence, and Outcomes
Lake Juniper at Cheraw State Park, South Carolina
Seriously Thorny Issues
Kure Beach Pier, North Carolina How often do you develop a theory about something or hear about one and then try to prove that theory wrong? I keep trying to prove my theories wrong but instead keep finding proof that they are actually correct (highly disappointingly, I might add). I'm constantly asking WHY we haven't come to realize and accept the facts and then actually ACT upon those facts collectively. For instance, why aren't we working on reducing technology use? The Degrowth Movement recognizes that energy and resource throughput must be reduced either by design or by disaster, and that as such, this necessarily dictates a reduction of technology use. One cannot keep introducing new technologies which require the infrastructural platforms which already exist and magically expect the energy and resources to build, power, and maintain these devices to appear out of nowhere. Furthermore, the energy to power and maintain the infrastructural platforms we ALREADY have ...
What Are Superbugs and How Are They Related to Ecological Overshoot?
Looking towards the Atlantic Ocean from Fort Macon, North Carolina
Don't Postpone Joy!
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morehead City, North Carolina I have a list of posts coming which I am working on finishing, but I decided to insert one post dedicated to something I find highly frustrating and add some enlightening information about these topics, centered once again around so-called "solutions" which often don't really add up. So many people and organizations are offering educational "journeys" (also known as "manifestation mindsets" in some circles) into many different themes and in different ways in an effort to help people who are suffering with the grief, confusion, anxiety, or other troubles caused by the predicaments we face. While I applaud such efforts, the one thing that is annoying is how little attention is paid to "free" information, such as the information I provide here. How hard can it be for folks to give helpful advice without demanding money or payment of some sort (click the "like" button and s...
Enlightenment and the Maximum Power Principle
Inspiration Point is at the top of this cliff in southern Illinois
Enlightenment Eradicates False Beliefs
People enjoying the swimming hole at Bell Smith Springs Recreational Area
