September 11, 2009

Flow Minding

Spent the past hour on the porch digesting a pair of TED talks. Many of the speakers are the darlings of academia with the latest, hottest new topic. Since Armando and I have been co-existing, i have been thinking again about the chemistry of brains. Treei has developed my ability to sense in non-verbal terms - a technique that is not open to many experimentalists.

Rebecca Saxe is an example of the new intelligentsia - trying to boldly go where no human has gone before. The comedy bit at the end is scary - consciousness is being aware on different levels of scale. The science is fascinating: the moral implications and ramifications deserve open discussion.

The next episode was Bjorn Lomborg's talk on prioritization. Lomborg' Skeptical Environmentalist changed my philosophy on the benefit's of big organized environmentalism. Revenue streams follow squeaky wheels - no reason to even attempt to play in that game. Anyway - the underlying assumption of the speaker (and most of the audience) seems to be that the worst thing that can happen to any individual is to die. I beg to differ.

Anyway, assuming the goal is to keep people alive and healthy - my priorities were growing food, having exchange justice and keeping clean water and air. I'll allow you to watch the video for Lomborg's priorities. Speaking to his #2 priority - i have an Existence article on micronutrient enhancement of soils for carbon sequestration. If anyone would like to support my research on phytochemistry- in this economy any fiscal assistance is appreciated.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

like what you said about the worst that can happen...I agree! Feel like elaborating more on the concept of 'exchange justice"?