In 1999, three molecular biologists travelled to the Peruvian Amazon to see whether they could obtain bio-molecular information in the visions they had in sessions orchestrated by an indigenous shaman. They had no previous experience of ayahuasca shamanism or of… Continue reading

The major upshot of more and cheaper batteries could be a much greener planet. Source: www.washingtonpost.com Continue reading

“…Ross had a flash of insight. “The idea,” he wrote in his journal, “was a website where people could buy anything anonymously, with no trail whatsoever that could lead back to them.” He wrote that he’d “been studying the technology… Continue reading

In an ideal world, you’d be able to trust exactly where your beans come from when the package says “Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia,” and what it took for the farmers to produce them. While new certifications and standards are improving things, the coffee supply… Continue reading

“America is a country that is now utterly divided when it comes to its society, its economy, its politics. There are definitely two Americas. I live in one, on one block in Baltimore that is part of the viable America,… Continue reading

Originally posted on Andrew Taggart, Ph.D.: Love of a lover is not a mere affection, sentiment, or passion. Affections come, sentiments disappear, passions wane. Yet love, insofar as it is love, not only resides but also grows. Emotions perish, love endures. Furthermore,… Continue reading

As in the sciences, the humanities also feel the pressure to demonstrate societal relevance. Applied philosophy is a natural place to look. But how has it fared in terms of having an impact?” Source: blogs.lse.ac.uk Continue reading

A lot of Internet ink has been spilled over how lazy and entitled Millennials are, but when it comes to paying for a college education, work ethic isn’t the limiting factor. The economic cards are stacked such that today’s average… Continue reading

Technology and rapidly evolving student needs are influencing how schools can think about trust, autonomy and collaboration. Source: ww2.kqed.org Continue reading

The powerless, freed from the responsibility of consequences, can wallow in their misery, create imaginary histories, and nurture delusions of promised grandeur. In imposing their new order, the European powers took away both the capacity of governance from Muslim rulers… Continue reading

We propose a pragmatic romanticism unhindered by ideological anchorage. Thus, metamodernism shall be defined as the mercurial condition between and beyond irony and sincerity, naivety and knowingness, relativism and truth, optimism and doubt, in pursuit of a plurality of disparate… Continue reading

I don’t believe the majority of coffee-drinking customers are quite ready to appreciate and understand why roasters have suddenly dropped blends from their offering. Blends still hold a special place in customer’s hearts; they’re the flag-bearer for the business; the… Continue reading

According to a new study from Princeton University, American democracy no longer exists. Source: www.truth-out.org Democracy schmocracy Continue reading

Originally posted on dr. p.l. (paul) thomas: This is a difference between the passive be and the active being…. For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. Audre Lorde, The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House The… Continue reading

Originally posted on johnpoetflanagan: may 1992 Here a month in the relative calm of clean and ordered Singapore and i’m enjoying it. If i looked for a starker contrast to the bustle of Bangkok i couldn’t find a better one… Continue reading