#e.o.wilson

[palatinewolfsblog]

"The real problem of humanity is the following:

We have Paleolithic emotions,

medieval institutions,

and godlike technology."

- E. O. Wilson

The Human Condition (for my old Friend @acommonloon ).

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

“The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”

— E. O. Wilson

[Poetic Outlaws]

[carolkeiter]

Biodiversity vs. Virtual Reality

Yes, I am opinionated. So don’t take it personally. I just responded to a virtual landscape on a page with this comment. I don’t need a virtual moon dangling in my virtual living room with my virtual body, because I go outside all the time and sleep outside (at times because of being economically challenged or when there are no vacancies) looking at the moon and feeling the air and wind in my…

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[educationaldm]

I get paid to teach to improve Intelligence. I try to impart Wisdom for free, all the while trying to model Learning to gain more. Quote in the picture by E.O.Wilson

[99quotes]

Quote by E. O. Wilson

When you get into the whole field of exploring, probably 90 percent of the kinds of organisms, plants, animals and especially microorganisms and tiny invertebrate animals are unknown. Then you realize that we live on a relatively unexplored plan.

When you get into the whole field of exploring, probably 90 percent of the kinds of organisms, plants, animals and especially microorganisms and tiny invertebrate animals are unknown. Then you realize that we live on a relatively unexplored plan. —E. O. Wilson

[a-void-that-cannot-be-filled]

Fuck dopamine deficiency. Fuck it hard.

[femmeviva]

The Future of Life, excerpts

"The result has been a free market death spiral for the Sumatran rhino." "The illegal slaughter of all the rhinos quickened during the 1970s as a bizarre and unintended consequence of OPEC oil embargo. As oil prices climbed, so did per capita income across much of the Arab world." "Little wonder the pressure is intense: a poacher can earn ten years' income with a single rhino kill is willing to risk imprisonment and even his own life." (That sounds familiar, sir, oh, and he is blind) "The biotas continue to fall before our remorseless expansion, in ever-rising numbers across an ever broader arrays of plants and animals. Where originally it was mostly large land dwelling animals that were afflicted, now fishes, amphibians, insects, and plants are, for the first time, vanishing in large numbers. The dawnless night of extinction is also descending upon rivers, lakes, estuaries, coral reefs, and even the open sea."

[therangeandtheplains]

We continue our coverage of areas that President Obama could grant federal protection to through an exercise of the Antiquities Act. 

There are efforts to preserve  Alabama’s bio-diverse Mobile-Tensaw River Delta. This clip from the PBS News Hour provides a great overview of the area (confluence of 5 rivers) and its importance for wildlife. The famous E.O. Wilson has been chief among those advocating for greater federal protection.