The Qatsi Trilogy provides a powerful visualizations of the modern world. These movies changed the way I see the world. Worth watching.
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Koyaanisqatsi on Hulu
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The Qatsi Trilogy provides a powerful visualizations of the modern world. These movies changed the way I see the world. Worth watching.
Watch it here:
Koyaanisqatsi on Hulu
Watch it here:
Stuart Kauffman provides many insights into nature, evolution, and other subjects in the following videos:
Stuart Kauffman – Beyond Belief 2007
The Re-Enchantment of Humanity: Dr. Stuart Kauffman
Stuart Kauffman on Beyond Reductionism
Reinventing the Sacred with Stuart Kauffman part1
Stuart Kauffman Returns to Gund 1/2
Stuart Kauffman – Mind in the Poised Realm
Biologist and complexity theorist Stuart Kauffman on preadaptations in evolution
Well done NOVA. Earth From Space, a NOVA documentary detailing the information revealed about Earth through satellites, is a must see. The visual images of the atmospheric processes and natural phenomenon are the best I have seen and really show the inter-connectedness of the environmental processes on Earth. Follow this link to watch it on YouTube.
Download the HD version here or buy it here.
A friend recommended that I read Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Since the book appears to be extremely popular, I guess my curiosity is piqued and I will have to give it a read. Perhaps it develops sociobiological concepts introduced by Edward O. Wilson in On Human Nature.
An overlooked resource of immense importance, soil provides the foundation upon which agriculture can exist. However, there have been many studies produced in the past decades which warn of the depletion of this resource. Although it is renewable, the rate at which soil replenishes itself is around one to two inches per hundred years since the weathering of rock takes forever. Sources indicate that humans are eroding the topsoil ten times faster than it can be renewed. What does this mean? Either humanity consumes all available soil or it finds a way to fix the problem. One fix could be the commercial production of soil or a soil aggregate which allows soil to regenerate at a speed to keep up with human activities.
Thus, an industry poised on the verge of enormous growth is soil manufacturing. The production and maintenance of healthy top soil, filled with necessary micro-organisms and chemicals, will be of paramount importance as our natural supply beings to dwindle. Perhaps in the future, this soil will be sold in enormous quantities on Earth and space colonies. There are already several companies producing relatively small amounts of soil for urban projects and gardening. But, considering the scale of human agriculture, these companies are lacking. One example is Midwest Trading (video of the facility and soil manufacture).
For more information on soil and its importance to agriculture consider the following books and links:
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David Montgomery
David Montgomery talking about his book (YouTube) Also on Vimeo
Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth by William Bryant Logan
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The Meteorite (Chondrite) and its Organisms – Otto Hahn
October 12, 2019
Evolution from Space – Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe
May 28, 2019
From Virus to Cosmology – Fred Hoyle
January 9, 2019
Massive Crater and Younger Dryas
January 2, 2019
Microfossils and Biomolecules in Meteorites – Dr. Richard B. Hoover
November 12, 2018
Casual Randall Carlson
September 20, 2018
Daniel Sheehan
September 8, 2018
Dunbar’s Law and Economic Relationships
August 12, 2018
Scale – Geoffrey West
August 12, 2018
Mastering Bitcoin – Andreas M. Antonopoulos
August 12, 2018