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Our Whack-a-Mole Country

Our Whack-a-Mole Country

On Beating Back Human Arrogance

When I was in 7th grade, we had a unit in school about the evils of smoking. I wrote a letter to my dad, full of the logic of the dangers…

Jul 21, 2017

On Beating Back Human Arrogance

Jul 21, 2017

Our Whack-a-Mole Country

What Children Teach Us About Community

A new study is making the rounds, reporting that single mothers by choice raise kids who are just as strong as those in two-parent…

Jul 18, 2017

What Children Teach Us About Community

Jul 18, 2017

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Getting Perspective

What do we do when it’s clear we have very different perspectives about the same thing? Where might we find hope despite our incredibly…

Jun 17, 2017

Getting Perspective

Jun 17, 2017

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On Remembering the Continuous River

While driving recently to my daughter’s Ultimate Frisbee tournament a half hour north, for the first time my father was confused about how…

May 23, 2017

On Remembering the Continuous River

May 23, 2017

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Intuition: Redefining Boundaries of Mind

“Don’t try to comprehend it with your mind. Your mind is very limited. Use your intuition.” — Madeline L’Engle

Mar 24, 2017

Mar 24, 2017

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Being Known vs. Knowing

“In a spiral galaxy, the ratio of dark-to-light matter is about a factor of ten. That’s probably a good number for the ratio of our…

Feb 28, 2017

Feb 28, 2017

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The Insularity Complex

Or, what I learned from Elle magazine this week

Jan 28, 2017

Jan 28, 2017

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What Is the Human Perspective Worth?

“From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.” — Thomas…

Jan 20, 2017

Jan 20, 2017

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Is Everybody Wiser Than Anybody?

I’m regularly struck by how our prism of vision is both narrow — no two people perceive the same thing in the same way — and at the same…

Jan 14, 2017

Jan 14, 2017

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The Interconnection of Christmas, Winter Solstice and Coral Reefs

When I brought my Jewish vegetarian boyfriend home to Minnesota one year for Christmas, from our home in New York City, my grandmother…

Dec 21, 2016

The Interconnection of Christmas, Winter Solstice and Coral Reefs

Dec 21, 2016

Our Whack-a-Mole Country

Our Whack-a-Mole Country

Our fragmentation as individuals in the universe is a figment of our imagination. I am telling the story of the science of what connects us at AttainableWe.com.

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