A collection of notable quotes from various talks I've seen.
Assorted links:
- The weathermakers: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/camaracassin_in-recent-times-the-sinai-peninsula-has-activity-7108861926251659264-EsP6
- Nature vs nurture and psychopathy: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/03/how-i-discovered-i-have-the-brain-of-a-psychopath
- Generational trauma: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fearful-memories-passed-down/
- How a troop of baboons retooled their culture: https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/science/no-time-for-bullies-baboons-retool-their-culture.html
- Plants are ingesting microbes directly from their roots (James White): https://youtu.be/Bg0CXHT6kQk?t=1150
- The way of silence: https://www.pauljhowell.com/poetry/the-way-of-silence-ella-cara-deloria
My clippings:
- Tech shapes culture and values (tech is not values neutral): https://github.com/xstos/consilience/blob/main/tech%20is%20not%20values%20neutral.md
- Chestnuts beat supermarkets: https://github.com/xstos/consilience/blob/main/chestnuts.md
- Greed, jealousy and ownership is memetic (not inherent): https://github.com/xstos/consilience/blob/main/Redefining%20Value%20-%20Unpacking%20the%20Language%20of%20Ownership%20and%20Resources.md
- The power of philosophy to shape culture: https://github.com/xstos/consilience/blob/main/The%20Nordic%20Secret.md
- Trillion dollar trees: https://github.com/xstos/consilience/blob/main/the%20value%20of%20a%20tree.md
- Dogmatic economic priesthood: https://github.com/xstos/consilience/blob/main/Steve%20Keen%20on%20The%20Role%20of%20Energy%20in%20Economic%20Theory.md
- The price of progress: https://github.com/xstos/consilience/blob/main/civilized%20to%20death.md