Qualia is like Baby Bear’s bed, which was neither too soft nor too hard in the story of Goldilocks, but “just right.” Matter is too soft or too hard. Reality, too, as it is commonly sensed, is too soft or too hard. That is, reality as it is perceived byContinue Reading

The easy way to discover happiness, and incidentally to stop global warming in its tracks, is to focus on ecosystems. We are always at the center of our landscapes, but we are never at the center of ecosystems. If you think of a distant God, you will get a distantContinue Reading

Just as we hear that indigenous youth around the world often venture alone into the wilderness to await a vision, so too, do Gen Z kids seek self-defining experiences in the wilderness (of virtual landscapes, gender exploration, new causes or new faiths). And they will find meaning there, too. WeContinue Reading