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A team of scientists from the University of Bristol recently released research that pushed the date of our Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) back to about 4.2 billion years ago.
This suggests that the life that is in each of us, and in each of the organisms that make up our very large extended family, runs in an unbroken chain backward for 4.2 billion years.
That’s a pretty considerable investment by the universe in every living thing.
Perhaps we should reflect on that a little more as we continue to muck around on this planet.
It might be time to start fitting in.
#sustainability #philosophy #ClimateChange #biodiversity #nature #politics #economics #religion #Science
Shifting the Paradigm | Aspen Proposal
The Aspen Proposal provides a description of a sustainable human civilization 200 - 500 years in the future. This is a goal that will focus our efforts, allow us to backcast and provide hope for those working for change.Aspen Proposal
Travis Rieder's new book, Catastrophe Ethics, "aims to advise the well-intentioned, morally anxious & philosophically curious person" confronting the questions about whether our personal choices about the environment, technology, & justice matter.
Sounds like an interesting read: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/catastrophe-ethics-travis-rieder-book-review-simone-gubler/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR19D-hRL6rg9nJAbWo2SQGS_7vd9N64fz4WwkPSFd9ervE4Re_tRBogcLM_aem_AWx9zZLA-6Qbe9TD49IQpT4_NCUTkPzyCI599uGf6HoM49zJWkyjDAiD4tawWPNcszU_ShkQLob1-i1w43z43lAE #books #science #philosophy
Catastrophe Ethics by Travis Rieder | Book review | The TLS
Many of our daily pursuits contribute harmful effects to the world. The car that you drive to work contributes to global warming. Your laptop batteryTLS
I need the help of #mastodon #philosophers.
Why the f*** would #Putin try to coopt the legacy of Immanuel #Kant?
It's probably not a serious question. Maybe it's just a silly immature dunk on #Germany / #German pride. Or maybe there's something darker in Kant's writings that #Russia thinks supports recent #Russian behavior (I have no reason to believe there is, I'm just openly musing).
Either way it's certainly a bizarre new front in the conflict: #philosophy war.
German Chancellor accuses Putin of misusing philosopher Immanuel Kant's teachings
Europe News: German Chancellor Scholz criticizes Putin for misrepresenting Kant's ideas, contrasting Kant's peace principles with Russia's actions in Ukraine, despTOI World Desk (Times Of India)
Using it everyday to repair borked Windows Installs, data recovery, forensic hardware diagnostics & examination.
Combine with that a very long conversation with Microsoft on the impossibility to customize the desktop experience for dedicated purposes (again someday I will tell that story) led directly to a career in embedded Linux and a lifelong Desktop #Linux supporter.
#TLDR #Knoppix #FreeSoftware #Philosophy #Community #Licensing #Freedom
Our publishing co-op is looking for a marketing volunteer, which could lead to paying work once we are funded or selling more books. (We are currently developing a crowdfunding campaign / investment round to launch later this fall.)
We publish #SciFi, #poetry, #fiction, #memoir, #philosophy, and #art. Please help spread the the word!
https://cosmos.coop/volunteer-to-promote-upcoming-book-releases/
#books #publishing #coop #volunteer
One positive that's come out of the recent SNS shake-ups is encountering new and deeply insightful voices I wouldn't have found in a more stable social network clusters/hierarchy. This article on letter writing philosophers, for example:
https://helendecruz.substack.com/p/letter-to-robin-waldun-on-reviving
Similar concept of less formal research letters is something I'd love to see revived for the modern age!
Letter to Robin Waldun, on reviving the early modern tradition of philosophical letter writing
To the Esteemed and Perceptive Eternal Student Robin Waldun I'm writing this elaborate salutation to be in the style of the letters I am about to discuss, philosophical letters by authors of the early modern period (roughly 1500-1800) by authors such…Helen De Cruz (Wondering Freely)
"Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting."
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was born #OTD in 1646. He was a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat. He is a prominent figure in both the history of philosophy and the history of mathematics. He wrote works on philosophy, theology, ethics, politics, law, history and philology. via @Wikipedia
Books by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7168
#books #philosophy #mathematics
Books by Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von (sorted by popularity)
Project Gutenberg offers 71,002 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.Project Gutenberg
It dealt with the question of how a society that promotes tolerance is to deal with those who are intolerant.
#Paradox #philosophy
![Meme titled The Paradox of Tolerance with text on the left and an image of the book "The Open Society and its Enemies" on the right.
The text reads:
Less well known [than other paradoxes] is the paradox of tolerance: Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.
—In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be most unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols.
We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.
~Excerpt from philosopher Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies, published 1945](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/994120 "Meme titled The Paradox of Tolerance with text on the left and an image of the book \"The Open Society and its Enemies\" on the right.
The text reads:
Less well known [than other paradoxes] is the paradox of tolerance: Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.
—In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be most unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols.
We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.
~Excerpt from philosopher Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies, published 1945")
Hi everyone,
I'm a German ecologist who loves to team up with e.g. #computersciences #arts #design #philosophy #EnvironmentalEthics
I am very concerned about the #biodiversitycrisis and therefore co-founded the NGO Symbio(s)cene (https://symbioscene.com/) as an #ArtsAndSciences collaboration, creating #visions for moving beyond the #anthropocene.
My current research is about #KnowledgeRepresentation working towards an #AtlasOfKnowledge
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#ecology #research #OpenScience
— Voltaire
#voltaire #quote #philosophy #science #research #enlightenment
