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We’re Saved! A Collection Of ‘Solution’ Critiques, Volume 1

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  It is with quite regular cadence that Steve publishes what are spectacular refutations to the constant stream of so-called "solutions" to the "problems" that society is suffering from. Unfortunately, if one actually does any real research, one will discover that none of these "problems" are being "solved" - they are all getting worse instead. Why is this?   One of the primary issues here is that none of the reductionist ideas proposed to "solve" said "problems" work holistically, meaning that only one or two qualities of each issue that is actually comprised of a multitude of parameters are targeted, leaving the rest of them untouched. Practically all of these "problems" are actually made worse through these so-called solutions, as Steve points out, through ecological destruction caused by the extraction of energy and resources in order to procure what is needed to build these "solutions."   Needless to s...

The Illusion of Self and Separation

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Lake Placid as seen from Whiteface Mountain , New York

Technology Addiction and Lessons, Part Two

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Otsego Lake at Cooperstown, New York

Technology Addiction and Lessons

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The Fernleigh Estate Stone Bridge

Radical Acceptance, Part Two

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  The Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant

The Dilemma and Conundrum of Predicaments

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Little Glen Lake as seen from Little Glen Lake Picnic Area

How Do YOU Feel About Ecological Overshoot?

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  Cabwaylingo State Forest , West Virginia

Why is Reductionism Such an Issue?

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