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Nov 29, 202315 min read
Is Humanity Suicidal? E. O. Wilson, New York Times Magazine, May 30, 1993.
http://large.stanford.edu/publications/power/references/wilson/ Imagine that on an icy moon of Jupiter - say Ganymede - the space station...


Nov 28, 20234 min read
The Problems with Human Nature by David Williams
"Man & Ape" photo by James Balog


Nov 28, 20231 min read
Biophilia--"the love of all living things." E.O. Wilson
“The earth is our home. Unless we preserve the rest of life, as a sacred duty, we will be endangering ourselves by destroying the home in...


Nov 28, 20231 min read
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NEUROSCIENCE & THE MIND Robert Sapolsky—"The Biology of Humans at our Best and Worst" (The single best talk on what makes for Human...

Nov 28, 20233 min read
Human Nature Love Advice: Ask Jane Goodwitt
Dear Jane, I’m a woman on the verge of turning 30, have a guy I’ve been going with for over a year now, who is wanting to get “serious,”...

Nov 27, 202318 min read
The Science of Love, by David Williams
When it comes to love, what’s “natural” for we homo sapiens? What makes us feel good? What’s right and what’s wrong? 16th century...


Nov 27, 20235 min read
Bonobo. Chimp. Hominid. Hominin. Our living Bushman relations. Who are we? by David Williams
What Human Nature consists of is never easy to ascertain, as we are a multi-dimensional species with big brains, and we often defy...


Nov 19, 20235 min read
HOW WE LOVE OUR GAMES OF WAR by David Williams, Sunday, November 19, 2023
The world I grew up on Eisenhower Street, 30 miles outside Chicago, was an enchanted playground for a kid, as new ranch houses sprouted...


Nov 11, 20234 min read
The Worldwide War on Women by David Williams, Sunday, December 10
To anyone who reads the daily news (and also examines history) it is clear that we as a species learn little to nothing from the past. ...


Nov 3, 20239 min read
Mike Johnson, Thomas Hobbes, & Guns by David Williams
It is hard to open up the daily paper anymore without seeing another mass shooting plastered on the front page. This is the United...


Oct 27, 20236 min read
Human Nature, Free Will, & War by David Williams
Human Nature, Free Will, and War by David Williams Mark Twain, in his Letters From the Earth, has Satan questioning God about the nature...
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