natator88 (60)in #fiction • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.ALTERNATIVE FUTURE HISTORY: CUBAN DEMOCRACYMargaret Trudeau, mother of Justin Trudeau, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada, and wife to Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime…natator88 (60)in #olympics • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.ART PERSONIFIED - OLYMPICSAliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany just captured the gold medal at the PyeongChang Winter 2018 Olympics.…natator88 (60)in #news • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Most Heartwarming Headline You'll See Maybe EverSouth Korea Asks UN for Permission to Let North Korean Official Attend Olympics I sometimes sit and ponder how…natator88 (60)in #ecology • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Suicidal Species and the Complexity of NatureSuicidal Species Are (nonhuman) species suicidal by nature? That is, will they consume prey until there is no prey…natator88 (60)in #environmentalism • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Make America Green AgainThe Sierra Club just sent a sticker in the mail: Make America Green Again. I'm going to use this sticker, and…natator88 (60)in #ecology • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.A Libertarian and Epistemocratic View of EcologyWhat do the primacy of the individual and a recognition of the unknowable have to do with ecology? Let us rewind time…natator88 (60)in #nature • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Discordant Harmonies - Daniel B. BotkinIs nature intrinsically harmonious or inharmonious? Mainstream ecologists would probably reply, "Harmonious, of…natator88 (60)in #life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Maximize the Serendipity Around YouNassim Taleb is full of one-liners good for maxims, mottoes, and mantras. Just read his book "The Bed of Procrustes."…natator88 (60)in #photography • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Winter BeautyMy Mom is an excellent photographer. She shot this pine cone during Golden Light, an hour after sunrise or sunset.…natator88 (60)in #bitcoin • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Why I Hope Bitcoin Keeps DroppingAt the beginning of this year, I had about enough cryptocurrency here on steemit to buy one Bitcoin. But I didn't…natator88 (60)in #cognitive-biases • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.AI Fears OverhypedEvery time I read one of Bill Gates' injunctions against AI, or Elon Musk's warnings against it, I don't feel afraid.…natator88 (60)in #philosophy • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.WESTERN CIVILIZATION'S THREE WORLDVIEWSTraditionalism, Modernism, and Postmodernism: which will win out in the end? "Sunlight is the best…natator88 (60)in #news • 7 years agoCAN WE LEARN ANYTHING FROM THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES?Yes, we can. Specifically: Nature is more powerful than we are We need more prescribed burns We need to…natator88 (60)in #science • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AND WE CAN'T PREDICT ITMULTIPLICATIVE DIFFICULTY HYPOTHESIS How can we predict things? What does trying to predict the 25th impact of a…natator88 (60)in #contest • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.MEME CONTEST- YOU ARE WHAT YOU READEarn SBD! Have fun! Be creative! I'm reopening my Meme Contest , since I didn't get any entrants last time.…natator88 (60)in #science • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.BRAINS ARE ANTICIPATION MACHINESHYPOTHESIS Why do we predict the future? Why do we anticipate? What is the evolutionary foundation for this…natator88 (60)in #society • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.CHARACTER VS DIVERSITYTHE HYPOTHESIS I went to givewell.org to search for Property and Environment Research Council, a company I…natator88 (60)in #life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.HORSE FEATHERS EVERYWHEREHave you ever gotten something in your mind and started seeing it everywhere? Probably, because this is a version of…natator88 (60)in #environmentalism • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.WHY WAS THE FROG INCORRECT? IT JUMPED TO THE WRONG CONCLUSION.What do Dusky Gopher Frogs and property rights have in common? I wish I could think of a punchline, but neither the…natator88 (60)in #nature • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.How to Hold a FrogI am quite the herpetology (amphibians and reptiles) freak, and I enjoy spreading my passion to others. This summer, I…
