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Creativity and expression exemplify human delights that refuse to be turned into Big Dopamine addictions.  To be sure, successful artists may become addicted to the fame – and all that goes along with it – that turns dopamine into a mighty river.  But creativity itself flows in gentle streams ofContinue Reading

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Ecosystems are the source of wonderful ideas, but their value is often ruined by the dualism inherent in the human landscape.  For example, the theories of the pure scientist become the inventions of the engineer, the art make art for art’s sake becomes exploited by the impresario, or, last butContinue Reading

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We have to recognize civilization for what it is…and it is not beautiful. The human landscape lies on the other end of the aesthetic spectrum from beauty: it is sublime. It is full of decay and death while we imagine it is full of growth and life. Ecosystems are beautifulContinue Reading