“We need an alternative story, one that appeals to our generosity and compassion rather than our selfishness .”
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Famous for extinction: the Bramble Cay melomys
The little mammal that went extinct before you knew it existed, the Bramble Cay melomys went down in history books last week as Climate Change's first victim.
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Suspended mental analysis
“A grizzly bear stripping fruit from a blackberry vine in a thicket is more than a bear stripping fruit from a blackberry vine in a thicket. It is a point of entry into a world most of us have turned our backs on…”
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On turning 30
in Life, Philosophy
Tomorrow I’ll be 30. Admittedly, it does feel a bit strange to know that my 20s are behind me. That decade of youth where you're supposed to live wild and free before getting serious and settling - that's gone. Lived. Loved. Perhaps the strangeness is that I've always felt free, and still refuse to be restricted by anything/anyone/any thought/any expectation, but have always also taken the things in my life pretty seriously. Whatever the case, I'm in a very happy place in my life right now, just as I was when I turned 20.
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Are birds self-aware?
A fundamental question of humankind is: what do we owe to non-human animals? What are our moral obligations to them? In attempt to answer this, scientists and philosophers have for centuries debated the dominant theme of self-awareness.
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