How mushrooms could solve colony collapse disorder.
Lawrence Winkler is a physician, traveler, and natural philosopher. His molecules have morphed from medicine to manuscript. He lives with Robyn on Vancouver Island and in New Zealand, tending their gardens and vineyards, and dreams.
Friday, 25 September 2020
The Value of Uncertainty
In fiction, it grips us. In life, it can unravel us. How can brains hooked on certainty put its opposite to good use?
Thursday, 24 September 2020
How Work Became an Inescapable Hellhole
Instead of optimizing work, technology has created a nonstop barrage of notifications and interactions. Six months into a pandemic, it's worse than ever.
How America Came Apart
A people with no shared narrative or history will find it very hard to keep a lid on disorder and violence.
Liberals Fund Studies on Transgender Peruvians, How BLM helps with Pandemic Coping
172 different projects in social sciences and humanities were funded through a $4 million COVID-19 research fund.
Vikings in America
Centuries before Columbus, Vikings came to the Western hemisphere. How far into the Americas did they travel?
Monday, 21 September 2020
Rex Murphy: When 'Progressives' Who Can't Create Stoop to Denigrate
Unable to add matter of worth to the world, they vent their sorry envy at high culture via the cant of progressive ideology and identity politics.
What Preparations Are Due?
Daniel Defoe attempted to teach a nation how to live in a world where the next crisis is always closer than it appears.
Why Goodreads is Bad for Books
After years of complaints from users, Goodreads’ reign over the world of book talk might be coming to an end.
