How often does a ‘read for fun’ book turn out to be one of the most inspiring and motivational books read in ages? The Art of Purring (David Michie) is just such a book. I initially picked it out of a digital library search on Dalai Lama, thinking I’d find a book about or by…
The symphony of articles surfacing on western culture’s preference for over-consumption continues with Grist this week. The article highlights a Netflix documentary that I will NOT plug here, and their focus (both Netflix and Grist) seems to be on the apparel industry. I see little difference between industries – so generalizable imho. Grist sets it…
Unless you live in bell jar, you have heard about the Garbage Patches floating in our oceans – huge collections of plastic garbage floating in the ocean like islands. A recent study I found on BlueSky discussed multi-year data collection on the North Pacific Garbage Patch. As the non-scientist X-tech guy, the data collection and…
A recent post on Marcus Aurelius and change found another emperor / ruler talking about change – … mostly the same sentiment. Wikipedia has this to say about the book. “In all of my universe I have seen no law of nature, unchanging and inexorable. This universe presents only changing relationships which are sometimes seen…
Being a daily activist includes what you eat. How you buy your food, prepare your food, and with whom you share that food. Where that food is grown and the costs and risks of moving it to your table is critically important on so many levels. Statista published an infographic on where local eating is…
Not a typical philosophical question on the surface, but some social bias surely. A recent Statista post really got my attention, and I wanted to gnash my teeth and wail against both the data and the social commentary. Is there a social / cultural philosophy trend changing that promotes greed and selfishness even in our…
