Article: Were We Happier in the Stone Age?
Another interesting piece, even though the term “stone age” is misleading and biased. One remark: The author fails to see that epidemic disease is also an invention of civilization and
Article: As Clouds Head for the Poles, Time to Prepare for Food and Water Shocks
What do you do to prepare? http://www.wri.org/blog/2016/07/clouds-head-poles-time-prepare-food-and-water-shocks
Essay: Finding Strength in Stones
“So perhaps the best thing we can do is run. Run into the woods, into the jungles, into the deserts, into the mountains, and the seas. Abandon our cities and
Article: Before Agriculture, Human Jaws Were a Perfect Fit for Human Teeth
For those who wonder why modern humans are so weak, degenerated and dependent on medicine and doctors, here’s yet another example of how the shift to agriculture basically fucked everything
Article: Biofuels Worse Than Petrol
“Green” fuel is even worse than fossil fuel. If we continue to believe the industry’s/government’s lies about how “green” and “renewable” technology is going to save everything, we will render
Article: Dragonflies
In the words of B: “You’ll learn that each dragonfly—such an inconsiderable creature!—is a work of so much delicacy, perfection, and complexity that it makes a digital computer look like
Quote: Abundance of Life
“When the gods set out to make the universe, they said to themselves, ‘Let us make of it a manifestation of our unending abundance and a sign to be read
Article: ‘Digital Heroin’ – How Screens Turn Kids Into Psychotic Junkies
So technology is neutral, huh? Tell me again how “smart” your kid is because of using an iSomething at a young age. http://nypost.com/2016/08/27/its-digital-heroin-how-screens-turn-kids-into-psychotic-junkies/
Article: Millions at risk as deadly fungal infections acquire drug resistance
Thank you industry, thank you agriculture, thank you science for creating yet another life-threatening problem while trying to “improve” our condition and urging “progress”. Well done. But hey, soon science
Book: The One-Straw Revolution (Masanobu Fukuoka)
With his book “The One-Straw Revolution” permaculturalist Masanobu Fukuoka created one of the most important books about natural farming methods.