Before this week, nineteen years had passed since my last job interview. It’s an odd feeling to rebuild a life. My first attempt was to try something completely different in a new place, but after a few weeks it was clear that was not my fate. So, I returned to Philadelphia for a tear down […]
Last night, Jason, Brandi, and I streamed the first installment of a series we’re working on that digs a bit more into San Patrignano, an Italian, social impact, “sustainable” treatment center for addiction in Rimini, Italy. RFK Jr. wants to scale this program across the United States, setting up centers in rural communities using proceeds […]
Tonight Jason and I did a stream discussing how the biophysics of cells and semi-permeable membranes relate to the econophysics of smart contracts and social cybernetics. Jason made a short teaser clip this morning for my channel, and someone by the name of Persepolis22 left a nice series of comments. I think the exchange provides […]
The following guest post was written by Leo Saraceno and expands on his previous work at Silicon Icarus and the series “Atomic Ecologies” he did with me and Jason Bosch last summer. Last year I started a relationship map to explore the intersecting themes of corporate environmentalism, biogeochemisty, natural capital, and energy economics as they […]
What follows is a bookend to Lorraine Davison’s two part analysis (here and here) of Wolfgang Smith’s, Theistic Evolution, the Teilhardian Heresy. She shared it with me some time ago, and I am glad to finally have a chunk of time to read it through and share it with the blog’s readership. Her post touches […]
Apologies to Quantum Heart Cafe who shared this letter with me over a month ago, but then life happened. Guest Post by Quantum Heart Cafe: Click here and here for previous letters. Dear Alison and Wrench In The Gears Readers, Thank you for the wonderful discussion and comments we had with the last letter. […]
What follows is a bit of a ramble. My experience is that when I go forth in the world, stories sometimes land at my feet. Disparate episodes logged away and semi-forgotten may pop into my consciousness later bringing clarity to ideas I’ve been pondering. So, consider this entry a rather unstructured journaling exercise, notes for […]
