Perfect boredom

Time can be visualized as a branched structure of causes and outcomes, beginning with interactions between the simplest subatomic particles... Continue

Idealizing violence

Because we are imaginative and creative, people naturally idealize situations, others and ideas. When we idealize, we elevate something... Continue

In their own image

Buddhists believe that within the circle of Samsara into which we are born there are six realms, one of which is the god realm. Classically,... Continue

What’s precious

When a natural event like Superstorm Sandy wreaks havoc and destruction it provides an opportunity to reflect on our preoccupations... Continue

Our Mandala of meaning

All objects are devoid of inherent meaning, which is to say for example, a chair is not a chair except in the mind of the perceiver.... Continue

The politics of have-not

As income inequality continues to grow in America, with millionaires and billionaires increasing their record-setting ownership of... Continue

Unnatural selection

Charles Darwin introduced the concept of natural selection to describe the mechanism of evolution and the ways in which life on earth... Continue

And long may it wave

Sitting in the hot tub watching the afternoon wind whip a flag flying atop a 40-foot bamboo pole in my garden, I thought about waves.... Continue

Guttenberg’s end

Roughly 500 years ago, Johannes Guttenberg introduced moveable type and the modern book was born. Guttenberg hoped that his invention... Continue

The mother of us all

Acre for acre, natural rainforests contain more biological diversity than any other place on earth, both plants and animals. The rainforest... Continue