My partner is an ecologist (as a profession) and he said you can plant trees all you want, but you cannot plant a forest. There are so many intricate relationships between bacteria, soil composition, mushrooms, insects, birds and so forth, that it is almost impossible to plant a forest. What I find interesting is the... Continue Reading →
What do We Owe Each Other (part I: equality and fairness)
http://bostonreview.net/books-ideas/martin-oneill-tm-scanlon-inequality This article by Martin O'Neill is a review of T.M. Scanlon's book in the Boston Review. " There is, on Scanlon’s view, a great deal more to the normative significance of equality. We don’t just want to see equal distribution of some thing. We want to live together, on terms of equal recognition, in ways that... Continue Reading →
A Bad Joke
My partner asked if there’s any way to end a relationship in a happy way. I said that if you wanted to kill your ex- and they died, that might make you happy. Foro just shakes his head at me.... Foro, laughing in spite of himself
Foro’s Life Hacks
Here are 5 things to help you reduce stress Schedule things: we get stressed when we can't finish things we've started, simply because they're going to take more time than we can manage in one sitting. When you get as far as you can get with something, schedule time to finish the rest. Be realistic,... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 