If we want to fix the mess we’ve made on this planet, we need to get as familiar with ecosystems as we are with human landscapes. Moving from landscapes to ecosystems might seem scary, because landscapes, throughout history, are always familiar – after all, we are all at the centerContinue Reading
There is a deep longing within everyone to belong. We want to feel we have some importance. But we are like goslings imprinted upon the wrong mama goose. Somewhere along the line we became imprinted upon the human landscape instead of ecosystems. It is in ecosystems we will find ourContinue Reading
Throughout the history of life, as landscapes changed, so did the qualia that was noticed. But, as new landmarks and pathways impressed themselves upon our ancestors, the old ones didn’t go away, they moved into the background. The qualia of the past may no longer hold our interest, but itContinue Reading
Questions are a symptom of wonder. Especially why and how questions, for they are frontal cortex questions. I like to think of them as evolutionary gifts for us humans. Why and how questions arise from our aesthetic appreciation of qualia. Their answers actually beg questions of a more profound sort:Continue Reading
From the introduction to my book, Welcome to the Qualiasphere. Our goal is to move from landscapes to ecosystems. All animals have evolved in landscapes to chase matter, to desire it, and often, to possess it. Landscapes are competitive, full of struggle and desire. But ecosystems consist of many landscapes together,Continue Reading