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An interesting book was published a few years ago which takes a different view on the subject of global warming and a deteriorating environment.

The National Institute of Health describes anxiety as a pathology, a mental state of exaggerated fear “in which hyperexcitability … is expressed as hypervigilance and increased behavioral responsivity to fearful stimuli.” Some people seem to have a pathological need to be frightened, especially by the “fearful stimuli” of “global warming,” “climate change,” “extreme weather” (or substitute the […]

I admit I don’t have high hopes but it will be interesting to see what approach this documentary takes on the critical issues of evolution and adaptation of polar bears.

It is not strictly the 20th anniversary of this repeatedly-quoted lecture – that would have been the 17th of January, but I am not a strict by-the-calendar guy. I post the complete lecture here, in its entirety, which is not usually done – almost always only excerpts or quips are quoted — but that is at the cost of the marvelous line of reasoning which is the true power of the lecture.

I heard a young activist recently say, “Capitalism has failed people and the planet.” That echoes what I have heard a lot of recently. Seriously? Who do they think created their smart phones, electric cars,