by Larry Shultz | Feb 4, 2024 | Biology, Biophysical Economics, Ecology, NET non-equilibrium thermodynamics and life, Systems Theory
Eugene Odum – Wikipedia
by Larry Shultz | Feb 3, 2024 | Behavioral Economics, Biodiversity, Biology, Biophysical Economics, Democracy, Ecology, Education, Energy, Epigenetics, Evolution, Genetics, Human and Civil rights, Neuroeconomics, Pseudoscience, Public Health, Public Policy, Science, Uncategorized, US West
A Religion of Life | Do the Math (ucsd.edu) We are a story telling species. Stories about “god s” gave selective advantage to groups, who developed greater internal altruism. It rolled the dice in their favor in out group competition and aided in in group...
by Larry Shultz | Feb 1, 2024 | Climate, Democracy, Ecology, Education, Human and Civil rights, Public Health, Public Policy
Just over a third think higher education is a net win. 40% think it isa a zero-sum game (with student loans) and just over a fifth think it is a less than zero sum game, thus it provides negative utility. Honestly, many people attend and thus have no earnings for a...
by Larry Shultz | Jan 20, 2024 | Biophysical Economics, Cities, Democracy, Ecology, Education, Energy
Sodium Batteries | Peak Everything, Overshoot, & Collapse (energyskeptic.com)
by Larry Shultz | Jan 20, 2024 | Biology, Biophysical Economics, Cities, Climate, Democracy, Ecology, Education, Energy, Evolution, Public Health, Scale, Science
Mental Health. Coping with the future: notes from Jackson & Jensen’s “An Inconvenient Apocalypse” | Peak Everything, Overshoot, & Collapse (energyskeptic.com)
by Larry Shultz | Jan 20, 2024 | Biodiversity, Biophysical Economics, Democracy, Ecology, Education, Energy, Science
Book review: Atomic Days. The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America | Peak Everything, Overshoot, & Collapse (energyskeptic.com) Will Congress ever create a new independent agency to store nuclear waste permanently? | Peak Everything, Overshoot, &...