Comments for Sandworms.org http://sandworms.org Anthropology, Ecology, Planetology, and more... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:52:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Copenhagen Presentations by Michael http://sandworms.org/?p=73&cpage=1#comment-115 Michael Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:12:30 +0000 http://sandworms.org/?p=73#comment-115 My only suggestion would be: attempt to demystify the debate to some degree. Make it more contextual. The example I see often that makes me hold this thought involves the "Climate-gate" email scandal (a name I find odious). While some see that exchange as damning evidence of manipulation of research data & attempts to squelch differing opinions, all I see is a debate amongst scientists & research authors who having wildly opposing social skills. My only suggestion would be: attempt to demystify the debate to some degree. Make it more contextual. The example I see often that makes me hold this thought involves the “Climate-gate” email scandal (a name I find odious). While some see that exchange as damning evidence of manipulation of research data & attempts to squelch differing opinions, all I see is a debate amongst scientists & research authors who having wildly opposing social skills.

]]> Comment on On religious tolerance and anti-violence by Michael http://sandworms.org/?p=35&cpage=1#comment-55 Michael Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:32:29 +0000 http://sandworms.org/?p=35#comment-55 Well played, sir! Well played, sir!

]]> Comment on Healthcare in the US: solved! by Michael http://sandworms.org/?p=48&cpage=1#comment-27 Michael Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:27:57 +0000 http://sandworms.org/?p=48#comment-27 Good summary of your viewpoints. I don't have any solutions to offer, but I agree that what we have now is far from ideal. Good summary of your viewpoints. I don’t have any solutions to offer, but I agree that what we have now is far from ideal.

]]> Comment on Healthcare in the US: solved! by Health Care « http://sandworms.org/?p=48&cpage=1#comment-26 Health Care « Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:27:08 +0000 http://sandworms.org/?p=48#comment-26 [...] nationalization of health care in the United States is a hot topic of late. Ted has written a bit on his blog to make his opinions known, and has done a good job of it. My thoughts don’t extend to [...] [...] nationalization of health care in the United States is a hot topic of late. Ted has written a bit on his blog to make his opinions known, and has done a good job of it. My thoughts don’t extend to [...]

]]> Comment on mmmmm… cookies. by Claire http://sandworms.org/?p=37&cpage=1#comment-23 Claire Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:56:20 +0000 http://sandworms.org/?p=37#comment-23 mmmm, butter cookies... Actually I have pictured some homemade butter to go with my homemade blackberry jelly. On a frozen store bought biscuit of course. I have my limits. mmmm, butter cookies…

Actually I have pictured some homemade butter to go with my homemade blackberry jelly. On a frozen store bought biscuit of course. I have my limits.

]]> Comment on Hooray for… millenialism? by adamhenne http://sandworms.org/?p=30&cpage=1#comment-21 adamhenne Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:15:52 +0000 http://sandworms.org/?p=30#comment-21 2 months later, let me add a thought. It may not be entirely surprising that conservation and conservativism end up sharing certain values - local autonomy in particular, as in the line between liberal agrarianists like Wendell Barry and old-school antimodernists like Wordsworth bemoaning the loss of the Lake Country to the dreary working class. It reminds me of <a href="http://www.desphilosophy.com/dpp/dpp_journal/journal.html" rel="nofollow">this thing I've been reading recently</a> on sustainability and George Bataille, of all people. It argues that the whole conservation and sustainability paradigm is built on the same kind of economism as capital itself - the argument that we must live with less ends up equalling the argument that we must always make more. The authors are architects and designers, but when they hint at a new concept of sustainability based on excess and the gift it certainly sounds familiar to those of us who've been looking at ways of living-with-nature found in other cultures. 2 months later, let me add a thought. It may not be entirely surprising that conservation and conservativism end up sharing certain values - local autonomy in particular, as in the line between liberal agrarianists like Wendell Barry and old-school antimodernists like Wordsworth bemoaning the loss of the Lake Country to the dreary working class. It reminds me of this thing I’ve been reading recently on sustainability and George Bataille, of all people. It argues that the whole conservation and sustainability paradigm is built on the same kind of economism as capital itself - the argument that we must live with less ends up equalling the argument that we must always make more. The authors are architects and designers, but when they hint at a new concept of sustainability based on excess and the gift it certainly sounds familiar to those of us who’ve been looking at ways of living-with-nature found in other cultures.

]]> Comment on mmmmm… cookies. by Michael http://sandworms.org/?p=37&cpage=1#comment-14 Michael Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:02:38 +0000 http://sandworms.org/?p=37#comment-14 There is now a reason to clean up the two quart glass churn we have stashed on a shelf. That reason being specifically to have Claire make me some butter and subsequently some cookies. There is now a reason to clean up the two quart glass churn we have stashed on a shelf. That reason being specifically to have Claire make me some butter and subsequently some cookies.

]]> Comment on Help! I’ve been Disneyfied. by Michael http://sandworms.org/?p=26&cpage=1#comment-2 Michael Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:14:40 +0000 http://sandworms.org/?p=26#comment-2 Keeping poultry has been much easier and more rewarding that I remembered from childhood. You guys will like it, too, I bet and raising a kid around a farm is full of valuable experiences. While I had not thought of adding a corporate logo associated with "fun" to make something more fun, it seems to be a valid strategy. As an example, I didn't know anyone could make guns more fun, but several people <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/xspectre8/Blog/kittyrifle.jpg" rel="nofollow"> have</a>! Keeping poultry has been much easier and more rewarding that I remembered from childhood. You guys will like it, too, I bet and raising a kid around a farm is full of valuable experiences.

While I had not thought of adding a corporate logo associated with “fun” to make something more fun, it seems to be a valid strategy. As an example, I didn’t know anyone could make guns more fun, but several people have!

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