Other lives, other times, other minds.
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.
Saturday 12 October 2024
We Are in Need of Renaissance People
Modern society’s focus on credentials has created a two-tiered system, where multi-talented individuals are criticized, and elites oversee a dependent underclass.
An Undulating Thrill
Once lauded as a wonder of the age, cocaine soon became the object of profound anxieties. What happened?
No Other Options
Newly revealed documents depict a Canadian euthanasia regime that efficiently ushers the vulnerable to a ‘beautiful’ death.
Monday 7 October 2024
Main Character Syndrome
Why romanticizing your own life is philosophically dubious, setting up toxic narratives and an inability to truly love.
The Joy of Foraging
Offering an escape from industrial foods, foraging nourishes the soul and body, but it needs democratic access to the land.
The Cult of Wellness
Torontonians are swapping the coke-fuelled, booze-soaked club scene for cold plunges, sobriety and superfood smoothies. Inside the expensive, obsessive, addictive quest for a perfect life.
The Food of Space Travel Could Be Based on Rocks
Scientists are studying whether future astronauts on deep-space journeys could transform compounds in asteroids into food.
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