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Journal #30: Crunch Time

The subject of consciousness is a fascinating field of scientific study, one about which I’ve done a fair amount of amateur research.  Consciousness is notoriously difficult to define, partially because it’s extremely difficult to locate the precise level of biological organization at which consciousness takes place.  We know the brain is the physical substrate that [...]

Quote 9-24-2014

“This relationship between power decentralization and successful climate action points to how the planning required by this moment differs markedly from the more centralized versions of the past.  There is a reason, after all, why it was so easy for the right to vilify state enterprises and national planning: many state-owned companies were bureaucratic, cumbersome, [...]