Reading
On books, reading, and writers.
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Wind, Sand and Stars: Happiness only real when grown
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French pilot in the early years of aviation. He flew military and civilian aircraft in the 1920s and 1940s before…
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From Ole Worm to Christian Vibe: Connected by narwhals, the unicorns of the sea
Slime Mold Time Mold, on their blog, mentions Ole Worm, a Danish Renaissance naturalist. In 1638, he was one of the first to recognize that…
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The Malleability of Intuition: How I got possessed by a benevolent spirit
Something within me takes control of my right hand and writes down the solution to the problem I have been thinking about. I don’t understand…
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The Hundred-Light-Year Diary: A cautionary sci fi story
Thinking about forecasting and AI, I sometimes remember this story by Greg Egan. It was published as part of his collection Axiomatic. Here is my…
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Arctic Facts: It’s sparse up there
Here are the facts I found surprising enough to highlight in my copy of Arctic Dreams: Most animals live lives in biological keeping with the…
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Arctic Dreams: My favorite part is about light
Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez still shows the Soviet Union on its maps of the Arctic. There is no mention of global warming, unthinkable for…
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